Exodus 33:17-23 ▼

17 The LORD answered Moses, “I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor with me, and I know you by name.”

18 Then Moses said, “Please, let me see your glory.”

19 He said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim the name ‘the LORD’ before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”

20 But he added, “You cannot see my face, for humans cannot see me and live.”

21 The LORD said, “Here is a place near me. You are to stand on the rock,

22 and when my glory passes by, I will put you in the crevice of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.

23 Then I will take my hand away, and you will see my back, but my face will not be seen.”