Exodus 33:12-23

New American Standard Bible

Moses Intercedes

¹² Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘^(A)Bring up this people!’ But You Yourself have not let me know ^(B)whom You will send with me. ^(C)Moreover, You have said, ‘I have known you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.’ ¹³ Now then, if I have found favor in Your sight in any way, please ^(D)let me know Your ways so that I may know You, in order that I may find favor in Your sight. ^(E)Consider too, that this nation is Your people.” ¹⁴ And He said, “^(F)My presence shall go with you, and ^(G)I will give you rest.” ¹⁵ Then he said to Him, “^(H)If Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here. ¹⁶ For how then can it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by Your going with us, so that ^(I)we, I and Your people, may be distinguished from all the other people who are on the face of the ^[a]earth?”

¹⁷ The Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; ^(J)for you have found favor in My sight and I have known you by name.” ^18 (K)Then Moses said, “Please, show me Your glory!” ¹⁹ And He said, “^(L)I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the Lord before you; and ^(M)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, ^(N)for mankind shall not see Me and live!” ²¹ Then the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place ^[b]by Me, and ^(O)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 ^(P)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 ^(Q)My face shall not be seen.”