Not Without You, Lord

GOD COMMANDS THE ISRAELITES TO LEAVE MOUNT SINAI (33:1-6):
- God told the Israelites to break camp at Mt. Sinai and head in the direction of Canaan.
- The Lord told Moses He would send His angel ahead of the people to lead them to the promised land, but His presence would not go with them because of their disobedience with the golden calf.
- God was so angry with the Hebrews He told Moses He would “consume” them if they entered His presence.
- The people mourned when they heard the news and “stripped themselves of their ornaments” in a sign of repentance.
MOSES MEETS GOD AT THE TENT (33:7-11):
- These verses tell us how Moses used to talk with God at a special tent he pitched outside the camp of Israel.
- Moses set up a tent “far off from the camp” which he called the “tent of meeting.”
- Whenever Moses went out to the tent, he would speak to God in the pillar of cloud (13:21).
- “Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.”
MOSES INTERCEDES FOR THE ISRAELITES (33:13):
- Moses begged the Lord not to depart from the people.