⁵ And ^(A)the Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he ^[a]called upon the name of the Lord. ⁶ Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, ^(B)compassionate and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in faithfulness and ^[b]truth; ⁷ who ^(C)keeps faithfulness for thousands, who forgives wrongdoing, violation of His Law, and sin; yet He ^(D)will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, ^(E)inflicting the ^[c]punishment of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.” ⁸ And Moses hurried ^[d](F)to bow low toward the ground and worship. ⁹ Then he said, “^(G)If in any way I have found favor in Your sight, Lord, please may the Lord go along in our midst, even though ^[e](H)the people are so obstinate, and ^(I)pardon our wrongdoing and our sin, and ^(J)take us as Your own ^[f]possession.”

Moses’ Face Shines

²⁹ And it came about, when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the ^(A)two tablets of the testimony were in Moses’ hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that ^(B)the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him. ³⁰ So when Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and ^(C)they were afraid to approach him. ³¹ Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers in the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them. ³² Afterward all the sons of Israel came near, and he commanded them to do everything that the Lord had spoken ^[a]to him on Mount Sinai. ³³ When Moses had finished speaking with them, ^(D)he put a veil over his face. ³⁴ But whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with Him, ^(E)he would take off the veil until he came out; and whenever he came out and spoke to the sons of Israel what he had been commanded, ^35 (F)the sons of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone. So Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with Him.