Exodus 33:14-23

English Standard Version

¹⁴ And he said, ^(A)“My presence will go with you, and ^(B)I will give you rest.” ¹⁵ And he said to him, ^(C)“If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. ¹⁶ For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? ^(D)Is it not in your going with us, ^(E)so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?”

¹⁷ And the Lord said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, ^(F)for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.” ¹⁸ Moses said, “Please ^(G)show me your glory.” ¹⁹ And he said, ^(H)“I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And ^(I)I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. ²⁰ But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for ^(J)man shall not see me and live.” ²¹ And the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, ²² and while my glory passes by I will put you in a ^(K)cleft of the rock, and I will ^(L)cover you with my hand until I have passed by. ²³ Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall ^(M)not be seen.”