Exodus 33:12-23 - The Lord's Glory
12 Then said Moses, unto Yahweh, See! thou art saying unto me - Take up this people, and yet thou hast no let me know whom thou wilt send with me, - though thou thyself, didst say - I acknowledge thee by name, Yea, moreover, thou hast found favour in mine eyes. 13 Now, therefore, if, I pray thee, I have found favour in thine eyes, let me know, I beseech thee, thy way, that I may acknowledge thee, to the intent I may find favour in thine eyes, - see thou, therefore, that this nation is thine own people.
14 So then he said, - Mine own presence, shall go on thus will I give thee rest.
15 And he said unto him, If thy presence is not going on, do not take us up from hence. 16 Whereby, indeed, shall it be known then that I have found favour in thine eyes, I, and thy people? Shall it not be, by thy going on with us? So shall we be more distinguished, I, and thy people, than any people that are on the face of the ground.
17 Then said Yahweh unto Moses: Even this thing, which thou hast spoken, will I do - For thou hast found favour in mine eyes, And I have acknowledged thee by name. 18 And he said, - Show me, I pray thee, thy glory.
19 And he said, - I, will cause all my goodness to pass before thee. And will proclaim myself by the name Yahweh, before thee, And will show favour, unto whom I may show favour, And will have compassion on whom I may have compassion. 20 But be said - Thou canst not see my face, For no son of earth can see me, and life 21 And Yahweh, said, Lo! a place near me, - So then thou shalt station thyself upon the rock: 22 And it shall be while my glory passeth by, I will put thee in the cleft of the rock, - and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: 23 Then will I take away my hand, and thou shalt see behind me, But, my face, must not be seen.