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And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart
and go up from here, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt unto the land which I swore unto Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it.
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(And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.)
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Unto the land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou
art a stiffnecked people lest I consume thee in the way.
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And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned, and no one put on their ornaments.
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For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the sons of Israel, Ye
are a stiffnecked people; I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment and consume thee; therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee that I may know what to do unto thee.
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Then the sons of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from Mount Horeb
on.
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And Moses took the tabernacle and pitched it outside the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of the testimony. And it came to pass
that every one who sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the testimony, which
was outside the camp.
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And it came to pass when Moses would go out unto the tabernacle,
that all the people would rise up and stand each one
at the door of their tent, with their gaze following Moses until he was gone into the tabernacle.
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And when Moses would enter into the tabernacle, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand
at the door of the tabernacle, and
the LORD would talk with Moses.
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And when all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand
at the tabernacle door, all the people would rise up, each one in the door of their tent, and worship.