Exodus · Chapter 33

[ edit] And þe Lord ſpak to Moyſes, ſeiynge, Go, and ſtye vp fro þis place, þow, and þi puple, þat þow haſt ladde out of þe loond of Egipte, in to þe loond þat Y ſwore to Abraham, Yſaac, and Jacob, ſeiynge, To þi ſeed Y ſhal ȝyue it. And Y ſhal ſende an aungel, þi before renner, þat Y þrowe out Chanane, and Amorre, and Eþe, and Phereze, and Eue, and Jebuze, and þow go into þe loond flowynge mylk and hony; forſoþe Y ſhal not ſtie vp wiþ þee, for a puple it is of hard nol, leſt perauenture Y ſkater þee in þe weie. Þe puple herynge þis werſt word weilide, and noon after þe wonne was cloþid his ournyng.

And þe Lord ſeide to Moyſes, Spek to þe ſones of Yrael, A puple of hard nol þow art; ones Y ſhal ſtye vp in þe myddil of þee, and Y ſhal do þee awey; now riȝt put down þin ournement, þat I knowe, what Y ſhal do to þee. Þanne þe ſones of Yrael diden doun her ournement fro þe hil of Oreb. And Moyſes takynge a tabernacle ſtrauȝte it afer out of þe tentis, and he clepyde þe name of it þe tabernacle of þe boond of pees. And al þe puple þat hadde eny queſtioun, ȝede out to þe tabernacle of þe boond of pees, out of þe tentis. And whanne Moyſes ȝede out to þe tabernacle, alle þe puple aroos, and echon ſtode in þe dore of his tente, and þei biheelden þe bak of Moyſes, to þe tyme he ȝede into þe tente.

He forſoþe goon into þe tabernacle of þe boond of pees, diſcendide a piler of a clowde, and ſtode at þe dore; and þe Lord ſpak wiþ Moyſes, alle men beholdynge þat þe piler of þe clowde ſtode at þe dore of þe tabernacle; and þei ſtoden, and lowtiden þurȝ þe ȝates of her tabernaclis. Þe Lord forſoþe ſpak to Moyſes face to face, as a man is wonte to ſpeke to his freende; and whanne he turnede aȝen into þe tentis, þe ſeruaunt of hym, child Joſue, þe ſone of Num, ȝede not fro þe tabernacle.

And Moyſes ſeide to þe Lord, Þow comaundis, þat I lede out þis puple, and þow ſhewiſt not to me, whom þow art to ſendynge wiþ me, namelich ſiþ þow ſeiſt, Y knewe þee bi name, and þow haſt founde grace before me. If þanne Y haue founde grace in þi ſiȝt, ſhew to me þi face, þat I knowe þee, and fynde grace before þin eyen; behold þi puple, and þis folk. And God ſeide, My face ſhal goo before þee, and reſte Y ſhal ȝyue to þee. And Moyſes ſeiþ, If þow þi ſilf goſt not before, ne lede þow vs fro þis place; in what forſoþe mowen we knowe, I and þis puple, þat we han founde grace in þi ſiȝt, but if þat þow go wiþ vs, þat we ben glorrifyed of alle puples þat dwellen vpon þe erþe?

Þe Lord forſoþe ſeiþ to Moyſes, And þis word þat þow haſt ſpokun, Y ſhal do; þow haſt forſoþe founde grace before me, and þi ſilf Y haue knowe bi name. Þe which ſeiþ, Shew to me þi glorie. He anſwerde, Y ſhal ſhewe al good to þee, and Y ſhal be clepid in þe name of þe Lord before þee, and Y ſhal haue mercy to whom Y wole, and goodliche Y ſhal be to whom it likiþ to me. And eft he ſeiþ, Þow ſhalt not mowe ſe my face, forſoþe þere ſhal not mowe ſe me a man, and lyue.

And eft, Loo! he ſeiþ, þere is a place anentis me, and þow ſhalt ſtonde vpon a ſtoon; and whanne my glorie ſhal paſſe, Y ſhal putte þee in þe hool of þe ſtoon, and I ſhal defende wiþ my riȝt hoond, to þe tyme þat Y paſſe; and I ſhal take myn hoond, and þow ſhalt ſe myn hyndermore, my face forſoþe þow ſhalt not mowe ſe.