18. Then Moses requested, “Please, let me see the dazzling light of your presence.”
19. The Lord answered, “I will make all my splendour pass before you and in your presence I will pronounce my sacred name. I am the Lord, and I show compassion and pity on those I choose.
20. I will not let you see my face, because no one can see me and stay alive,
21. but here is a place beside me where you can stand on a rock.