12 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring this people out, and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou saith, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, show me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight; and consider that this nation is thy people. 14 And he said, My presence {Heb. faces} shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. 15 And he said unto him, If thy presence {Heb. faces} is not to go before us, do not bring us out of here. 16 For in what shall it be known here that I have found grace in thy sight, I and thy people, but in that thou goest with us, and I and thy people will be separated from all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth?
17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken because thou hast found grace in my sight, and I have known thee by name. 18 Then he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory. 19 And he replied, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name that I AM before thee; and I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy and will show clemency on whom I will show clemency. 20 He further said, Thou canst not see my face; for no man shall see me and live. 21 And the LORD continued saying, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock; 22 and it shall come to pass while my glory passes by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock and will cover thee with my hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back parts, but my face {Heb. faces} shall not be seen.