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.
22. When the dazzling light of my presence passes by, I will put you in an opening in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.
23. Then I will take my hand away, and you will see my back but not my face.”