Exodus 33:12-23

12And Moses said to Jehovah, Behold, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people; but thou dost not let me know whom thou wilt send with me; and thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in mine eyes. 13And now, if indeed I have found grace in thine eyes, make me now to know thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thine eyes; and consider that this nation is thy people! 14And he said, My presence shall go, and I will give thee rest. 15And he said to him, If thy presence do not go, bring us not up hence. 16And how shall it be known then that I have found grace in thine eyes — I and thy people? [Is it] not by thy going with us? so shall we be distinguished, I and thy people, from every people that is on the face of the earth. 17And Jehovah said to Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast said; for thou hast found grace in mine eyes, and I know thee by name. 18And he said, Let me, I pray thee, see thy glory. 19And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thy face, and I will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. 20And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for Man shall not see me, and live. 21And Jehovah said, Behold, [there is] a place by me: there shalt thou stand on the rock. 22And it shall come to pass, when my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand, until I have passed by. 23And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see me from behind; but my face shall not be seen.