The people kept<n id="1" /> their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness<n id="2" /> where God was.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The angel of God, who was going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them, and the pillar<n id="1" /> of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.

<p class="bodytext">On the next day<n id="1" /> Moses sat to judge<n id="2" /> the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning until evening.

So Moses stood at the entrance of the camp and said, &#8220;Whoever is for the <sc>Lordsc>, come<n id="1" /> to me.&#8221;<n id="2" /> All the Levites gathered around him,