⁹ “Lord,” he said, “if I have found favor^(A) in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us.^(B) Although this is a stiff-necked^(C) people, forgive our wickedness and our sin,^(D) and take us as your inheritance.”^(E)

¹³ If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways^(A) so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”^(B)

¹⁴ The Lord replied, “My Presence^(C) will go with you, and I will give you rest.”^(D)

¹⁵ Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence^(E) 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?^(F) What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”^(G)

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

⁹ “I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked^(A) people.