Exodus chapter 33

After reading chapter 33:

*Now, God tells Moses to leave that area and head for the promised land. He will send an angel ahead to drive out the inhabitants. However, God would not go with them and might even destroy them. This upset the Israelites and they obeyed God when he told them to take off all their ornaments, which I assume is jewelry and aceesories. What difference does jewlry make to God? Objects only have value that people give them.

*Now we are told about a "tent of meeting" that Moses had outside the camp. He went there to meet with Yahweh and speak with him face to face. (Does this mean God has a face, as well as a finger that writes, and feet that can stand?) When Moses walked through the camp on the way to the tent of meeting, everyone would rise to their feet. They would stay standing while Moses was speaking to God, which would be signified by a pillar of cloud at the tent entrance. So, why did Moses need to go up on the mountain earlier if he could just speak to God at this tent?

*Earlier, God had said he would not go with the Israelites to the promised land. Now, Moses  pleads for Yahweh to go with them. Otherwise, what would distinguish the Israelites from any other people? Once again, God changes his mind because he is pleased with Moses. Then Moses asked to see God's glory. Yahweh says he will cause all his goodness to pass in front of Moses, but Moses cannot see his face, because no one can see it and live. Wait a minute there. Verse 11 of this chapter says Moses spoke to Yahweh face to face. Chapter 24, verse 9, says that 74 people saw him. Multiple people were said to have seen him in the book of Genesis.

*Anyway, God told Moses that he could stand in the cleft of a rock while God passed by. God would cover Moses with his hand until he had passed. Then, when he removed his hand, Moses would see his back. All right. Does this mean God has a hand big enough to cover a person? And how can he be covering Moses and passing by at the same time? Plus, God has a back? Why would the face of God kill someone? Couldn't a God make it so that his face was non- lethal?

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