8. And it came to pass when Moses would go out unto the tabernacle, that all the people would rise up and stand each one at the door of their tent, with their gaze following Moses until he was gone into the tabernacle.
9. And when Moses would enter into the tabernacle, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord would talk with Moses.
10. And when all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door, all the people would rise up, each one in the door of their tent, and worship.
11. And the Lord would speak unto Moses face to face, as anyone would speak unto their friend. And he would turn again into the camp, but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart out of the tabernacle.
12. And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring this people out, and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou saith, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.
13. Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, show me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight; and consider that this nation is thy people.
14. And he said, My presence {Heb. faces} shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
15. And he said unto him, If thy presence {Heb. faces} is not to go before us, do not bring us out of here.
16. For in what shall it be known here that I have found grace in thy sight, I and thy people, but in that thou goest with us, and I and thy people will be separated from all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth?
17. And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken because thou hast found grace in my sight, and I have known thee by name.