God dispatches Moses and the people to the Promised Land, but God decides not to go in their midst and the Israelites go into mourning. Moses erects the Tabernacle outside the camp, and enters to speak to God, face to face. Moses asks God to lead the people and God agrees. Moses asks God to let him behold God’s Presence, but God explains that no human can see God’s face and live. God instructs Moses to station himself on a rock, where God will cover him with God’s hand until God has passed, at which point Moses can see God’s back.
PEOPLE: יהוה YHVH - Moses - children of Israel - Joshua
PLACES: Biblical Mount Sinai (Horeb)
RELATED ARTICLES: Ki Tisa - Egypt - Abraham - Isaac - Jacob - Promised Land - Angel - Canaanites - Amorites - Biblical Hittites - Perizzites - Hivites - Jebusites - Tabernacle - cloudy pillar - Nun - Glory of The Lord
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