Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)
17 Yet they still continued to sin against Him,
To (A)rebel against the Most High in the desert.
18 And in their heart they (B)put God to the test
By asking for (C)food [a]that suited their taste.
19 Then they spoke against God;
They said, “(D)Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 Behold, He (E)struck the rock so that waters gushed out,
And streams were overflowing;
Can He also provide bread?
Will He prepare (F)meat for His people?”
7 Now Moses used to take (A)the tent and pitch it outside the camp, a good distance from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And (B)everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp. 8 And it came about, whenever Moses went out to the tent, that all the people would arise and stand, each at the entrance of his tent, and gaze after Moses until he entered the tent. 9 Whenever Moses entered the tent, (C)the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent; (D)and [a]the Lord would speak with Moses. 10 When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would stand and worship, each at the entrance of his tent. 11 So (E)the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. When [b]Moses returned to the camp, (F)his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.
Moses Intercedes
12 Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘(G)Bring up this people!’ But You Yourself have not let me know (H)whom You will send with me. (I)Moreover, You have said, ‘I have known you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.’ 13 Now then, if I have found favor in Your sight in any way, please (J)let me know Your ways so that I may know You, in order that I may find favor in Your sight. (K)Consider too, that this nation is Your people.” 14 And He said, “(L)My presence shall go with you, and (M)I will give you rest.” 15 Then he said to Him, “(N)If Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here. 16 For how then can it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by Your going with us, so that (O)we, I and Your people, may be distinguished from all the other people who are on the face of the [c]earth?”
17 The Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; (P)for you have found favor in My sight and I have known you by name.” 18 (Q)Then Moses said, “Please, show me Your glory!” 19 And He said, “(R)I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the Lord before you; and (S)I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion to whom I will show compassion.” 20 He further said, “You cannot see My face, (T)for mankind shall not see Me and live!” 21 Then the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place [d]by Me, and (U)you shall stand there on the rock; 22 and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and (V)cover you with My hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will take My hand away and you shall see My back, but (W)My face shall not be seen.”
30 “After forty years had passed, (A)an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn bush. 31 When Moses saw it, he was astonished at the sight; and as he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came: 32 ‘(B)I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses shook with fear and did not dare to look closely. 33 (C)But the Lord said to him, ‘[a](D)Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground. 34 (E)I have certainly seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them; and (F)now come, I will send you to Egypt.’
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