Bible Verses

Then the Lord said: “You cannot see my face because man cannot see me and live.”

And He said: “I will make all my goodness pass before you and proclaim the name of the Lord before you. For I am gracious to whom I want to be gracious, and I am merciful to whom I want to be merciful.”

The Glory of the Lord I Moses said: “Then let me see your glory.”

The Lord then said to Moses: “What you have said I will do, for I look kindly on you and know you by name.”

How will anyone here know that you look kindly on me and my people? Will it not be because you go with us? In that way, I myself and your people will be distinguished from every other nation on the face of the earth.”

Moses said: “If your face does not come with us, do not take us from here.

The Lord said: “My face will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

 And now if I have found favor in your sight, let me know your ways that I may know you and so find favor in your sight. Look, these people are your own people.”

Moses Pleads with the Lord Then Moses said to the Lord: “You say to me: ‘Lead these people up,’ but you haven’t told me who you will send with me, and yet you have said that you know me by name and that I have found favor in your sight.

Then the Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his neighbor, and then Moses would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua, son of Nun, would not leave the tent.