nevertheless what was clearly at the heart of Moses’ request was a longing to know the glory of God’s character from which flowed the mercy which he had just been promised. As the succeeding verses show it is precisely this moral aspect of God’s glory which is revealed to Moses (33:19; 34:6, 7) while the visible aspect is minimized (33:20–23). Therefore, when we consider carefully the larger context of Ex 33:12–34:9, we are inclined to construe the manifestation of God’s glory as embracing the “passing