Exodus 33:12 (KJV)

Passage

And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

Nearby Context

Exodus 33:10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.

Exodus 33:11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

Exodus 33:12 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

Exodus 33:13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.

Exodus 33:14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "moses", "said", "lord", "thou", "sayest", "bring", and "people". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "grace" and "moses", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And the LORD spake unto Moses face..." into verse 13's "Now therefore I pray thee if I...", so "grace" and "moses" belong inside that flow. In Exodus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "grace" and "moses" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.