13 If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways(A) so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”(B)

14 The Lord replied, “My Presence(C) will go with you, and I will give you rest.”(D)

15 Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence(E) does not go with us, do not send us up from here. 16 How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us?(F) What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”(G)

17 And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked,(H) because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”(I)

18 Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”(J)

19 And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass(K) in front of you, and I will proclaim my name,(L) the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.(M) 20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see(N) me and live.”

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13 If I have gained Your trust and blessing, reveal Your way to me so that I can truly know You, and so that I may gain Your favor. Remember that this nation is Your covenant people.

Eternal One: 14 My presence will travel with you, and I will give you rest.

Moses: 15 If Your presence doesn’t travel with me, then don’t lead us away from here. 16 How will the people know that I have gained Your trust and blessing if You do not travel with us? Isn’t it the very fact that Your presence travels with us that distinguishes us from every other people on earth?

Eternal One: 17 I will do what you have said because you have gained My trust and blessing, and I know you by name.

Moses: 18 If Your presence will go with us, then let me see Your glory!

Eternal One: 19 I will cause all My goodness to pass before you, and I will declare My name, the Eternal One, before you. I will show mercy to whomever I choose to show mercy, and I will demonstrate compassion on whomever I choose to have compassion.[a] 20 You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.

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Footnotes

  1. 33:19 Romans 9:15