33 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath^(A) to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’^{(B) 2} I will send an angel^(C) before you and drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.^{(D) 3} Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey.^(E) But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked^(F) people and I might destroy^(G) you on the way.”

⁴ When the people heard these distressing words, they began to mourn^(H) and no one put on any ornaments. ⁵ For the Lord had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people.^(I) If I were to go with you even for a moment, I might destroy^(J) you. Now take off your ornaments and I will decide what to do with you.’” ⁶ So the Israelites stripped off their ornaments at Mount Horeb.^(K)

¹⁵ Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence^(A) does not go with us, do not send us up from here. ¹⁶ How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us?^(B) What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”^(C)

¹⁷ And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked,^(D) because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”^(E)

¹⁸ Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”^(F)

¹⁹ And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass^(G) in front of you, and I will proclaim my name,^(H) the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.^{(I) 20} But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see^(J) me and live.”