12 Then Mosheh said to Yahweh, “Listen, you’ve been saying to me, ‘Take these people onwards,’ but you haven’t let me know who you’ll send with me, although you have said, ‘I know you by name, and you’ve also found favour in my sight.’ 13 So now please, if I’ve found favour in your sight, please help me to know your ways. Then I’ll know you so that I can find favour in your sight. And don’t forget that this nation is your people.”

14 Yahweh replied, “My presence will go with you and I will help you to be able to rest.”

15 Mosheh replied to him, “If your presence isn’t coming with us, then don’t make us leave here. 16 How would anyone know that I’ve found favour in your sight—me and your people that is—if you didn’t come with us? How could I and your people be distinguished from all the other people groups in the world?”

17 Yahweh replied to Mosheh, “Okay, I’ll also do what you’ve asked because you’ve found favour in my sight and I know you by name.”

18 Then Mosheh, “Please show me your splendour.”

19 Yahweh replied, “I myself will cause all my goodness to pass over in front of you, and I will say my name of Yahweh in front of you. I will favour anyone I want, and I’ll be compassionate to whoever I want.”[ref] 20 But he said, “You won’t be able to see my face, because no human can see me and still live.” 21 He continued, “Look, there’s a place near me where you can stand there on the rock. 22 Then while my splendour passes over, I’ll put you in a crevice in the rock, and my hand will cover you until I’ve gone past. 23 Then I’ll take my hand away and you’ll be able to see my back, but you mustn’t try to look at my face.”