Exodus 33:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Then they would bow down because a thick cloud would come down in front of the tent, and the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, just like a friend. Afterwards, Moses would return to camp, but his young assistant Joshua would stay at the tent.

Cross References

Genesis 17:22

God finished speaking to Abraham and then left.

Genesis 18:33

After speaking with Abraham, the LORD left, and Abraham went back home.

Psalm 99:7

You spoke to them from a thick cloud, and they obeyed your laws.

Exodus 25:22

I will meet you there between the two creatures and tell you what my people must do and what they must not do.

Exodus 31:18

When God had finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two flat stones on which he had written all his laws with his own hand.

Exodus 33:8

Each time Moses went out to the tent, everyone would stand at the entrance to their own tents and watch him enter.

Exodus 34:3

No one is to come with you or to be on the mountain at all. Don't even let the sheep and cattle graze at the foot of the mountain.”

Exodus 34:5

The LORD God came down in a cloud and stood beside Moses there on the mountain. God spoke his holy name, “the LORD”.

Exodus 34:9

He prayed, “LORD, if you really are pleased with me, I pray that you will go with us. It is true that these people are sinful and rebellious, but forgive our sin and let us be your people.”

Ezekiel 3:22

The LORD took control of me and said, “Stand up! Go into the valley, and I will talk with you there.”

Numbers 11:17

While I am talking with you there, I will give them some of your authority, so they can share responsibility for my people. You will no longer have to care for them by yourself.

Numbers 7:89

Whenever Moses needed to talk with the LORD, he went into the sacred tent, where he heard the LORD's voice coming from between the two winged creatures above the lid of the sacred chest.

Deuteronomy 31:14

The LORD told Moses, “You will soon die, so bring Joshua to the sacred tent, and I will appoint him the leader of Israel.” Moses and Joshua went to the sacred tent,

Deuteronomy 31:15

and the LORD appeared in a thick cloud right over the entrance to the tent.