Hey Bible Readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap. Think back to yesterday. The people of Israel have just made a golden calf

while Moses was meeting with God. Then Moses destroyed it and gave the people an

ultimatum. The Levites rose to the occasion and killed 3,000 people who weren't on God's side.

In the aftermath of all this, Moses has a conversation with God. If you're looking at your Bible with your eyes right now,

imagine 33 7 through 11 is copied and pasted above verse 1.

The conversation that happens between God and Moses in verses 1 through 6 actually flows straight into verse 12.

V verses 7 through 11 are just a little detour segment

the author inserted to show the depth of the personal relationship

between God and Moses.

Hopefully that's not too confusing.

V verses 7 through 11 tell us that God and Moses spent time together regularly.

Anytime Moses wanted, he'd go to the Tent of Meeting outside of the camp and God

would meet with him there. By the way, this tent of meeting is altogether different from the tabernacle God just

described to Moses when they were on Mount Sinai for 40 days.

That structure doesn't exist yet and when it, it will be among the people, not outside the camp.

Because remember, God said he wants to dwell in their midst. Lots of people came to seek

God at this tent of meeting, but scripture says God spoke with Moses face to face.

Now, God the Father is spirit, so he doesn't technically have a face, but scripture often anthropomorph is God.

That just means it explains him in human terms we can grasp.

You may wonder,

but what about theophanes, Terrile?

When he showed up to Abraham as an angel in Genesis 18,

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