Exodus 33:15-23

New International Version

¹⁵ Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence^(A) does not go with us, do not send us up from here. ¹⁶ How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us?^(B) What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”^(C)

¹⁷ And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked,^(D) because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”^(E)

¹⁸ Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”^(F)

¹⁹ And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass^(G) in front of you, and I will proclaim my name,^(H) the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.^{(I) 20} But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see^(J) me and live.”

²¹ Then the Lord said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. ²² When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock^(K) and cover you with my hand^(L) until I have passed by. ²³ Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.”