⁵ Then the Lord descended in a pillar of cloud,^(A) stood at the entrance to the tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When the two of them came forward,

¹⁴ They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land.^(A) They have heard that you, Lord, are among these people, how you, Lord, are seen face to face, how your cloud stands over them, and how you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.^(B)

¹⁵ the Lord appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud,^(A) and the cloud stood at the entrance to the tent.^(B)

¹⁶ The Lord said to Moses, “You are about to rest with your ancestors,^(C) and these people will soon prostitute themselves with the foreign gods^(D) of the land they are entering. They will abandon me^(E) and break the covenant^(F) I have made with them. ¹⁷ My anger will burn against them on that day;^(G) I will abandon them and hide my face from them so that they will become easy prey.^(H) Many troubles and afflictions will come to them. On that day they will say, ‘Haven’t these troubles come to us because our God is no longer with us?’ ¹⁸ I will certainly hide my face on that day because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.