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What does Exodus 33:17 mean?

"Yahweh said to Moses, “I will do this thing also that you have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”"

— Exodus 33:17 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

14

He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

15

He said to him, “If your presence doesn’t go with me, don’t carry us up from here.

16

For how would people know that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Isn’t it that you go with us, so that we are separated, I and your people, from all the people who are on the surface of the earth?”

17

Yahweh said to Moses, “I will do this thing also that you have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”

18

He said, “Please show me your glory.”

19

He said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim Yahweh’s name before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”

20

He said, “You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live.”

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