17 The Lord answered Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor with me, and I know you by name.”

18 Then Moses said, “Please, let me see your glory.”(A)

19 He said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim the name ‘the Lord’ before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”(B) 20 But he added, “You cannot see my face, for humans cannot see(C) me and live.” 21 The Lord said, “Here is a place near me. You are to stand on the rock, 22 and when my glory passes by, I will put you in the crevice of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.(D) 23 Then I will take my hand away, and you will see my back, but my face will not be seen.”

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17 The Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; (A)for you have found favor in My sight and I have known you by name.” 18 (B)Then Moses said, “Please, show me Your glory!” 19 And He said, “(C)I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the Lord before you; and (D)I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion to whom I will show compassion.” 20 He further said, “You cannot see My face, (E)for mankind shall not see Me and live!” 21 Then the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place [a]by Me, and (F)you shall stand there on the rock; 22 and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and (G)cover you with My hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will take My hand away and you shall see My back, but (H)My face shall not be seen.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 33:21 Lit with