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Exodus 33:20

Verse 20 of 23. The 33rd of 40 chapters in Exodus, in The Law.

16For how would people know that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Isn’t it that you go with us, so that we are separated, I and your people, from all the people who are on the surface of the earth?”

17The LORD said to Moses, “I will do this thing also that you have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”

18Moses said, “Please show me your glory.”

19He said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the LORD’s name before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”

20He said, “You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live.”

21The LORD also said, “Behold, there is a place by me, and you shall stand on the rock.

22It will happen, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand until I have passed by;

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

Read Exodus 33

World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.