(2) I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites— (3) a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go in your midst, since you are a stiffnecked people, lest I destroy you on the way.”
(15) And he said to Him, “Unless You go in the lead, do not make us leave this place. (16) For how shall it be known that Your people have gained Your favor unless You go with us, so that we may be distinguished, Your people and I, from every people on the face of the earth?”
In the days of Moshe your teacher I came, but he didn't desire me. as it says "Unless you go in the lead, do not make us leave this place...
(5) And He said, “Do not come closer. Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground.