Exodus 33:19
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16 For is not the fact of your going with us the sign that I and this people have grace in your eyes, so that we, that is, I and your people, are separate from all other people on the face of the earth?
17 And the Lord said to Moses, I will do as you say: for you have grace in my eyes, and I have knowledge of you by your name.
18 And Moses said, O Lord, let me see your glory.
19 And he said, I will make all the light of my being come before you, and will make clear to you what I am; I will be kind to those to whom I will be kind, and have mercy on those on whom I will have mercy.
20 But it is not possible for you to see my face, for no man may see me and still go on living.
21 And the Lord said, See, there is a place near me, and you may take your place on the rock:
22 And when my glory goes by, I will put you in a hole in the rock, covering you with my hand till I have gone past: