Exodus 33:12-23

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹² And Moses said to the Lord; Thou commandest me to lead forth this people: and thou dost not let me know whom thou wilt send with me, especially whereas thou hast said: I know thee by name, and thou hast found favour in my sight.

¹³ If therefore I have found favour in thy sight, shew me thy face, that I may know thee, and may find grace before thy eyes: look upon thy people this nation.

¹⁴ And the Lord said: My face shall go before thee, and I will give thee rest.

¹⁵ And Moses said: If thou thyself dost not go before, bring us not out of this place.

¹⁶ For how shall we be able to know, I and thy people, that we have found grace in thy sight, unless thou walk with us, that we may be glorified by all people that dwell upon the earth?

¹⁷ And the Lord said to Moses: This word also, which thou hast spoken, will I do: for thou hast found grace before me, and thee I have known by name.

¹⁸ And he said: shew me thy glory.

¹⁹ He answered: I will shew thee all good, and I will proclaim in the name of the Lord before thee: and I will have mercy on whom I will, and I will be merciful to whom it shall please me.

²⁰ And again he said: Thou canst not see my face: for man shall not see me and live.

²¹ And again he said: Behold there is a place with me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock.

²² And when my glory shall pass, I will set thee in a hole of the rock, and protect thee with my right hand, till I pass:

²³ And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face thou canst not see.