Exodus 33:22
ESV
and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by.
NIV
When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.
NASB
and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.
CSB
and when my glory passes by, I will put you in the crevice of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.
NLT
As my glorious presence passes by, I will hide you in the crevice of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.
KJV
And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
NKJV
So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by.
What does Exodus 33:22 mean?
If Moses came face-to-face with God, in person, unguarded, without any barrier at all, exposure to the Lord's pure divinity would be fatal (Exodus 33:20). Even though Moses already has a close relationship with God (Exodus 33:11), he wants to know Him even more (Exodus 33:18). But the limited human mind cannot contain all that God is (Isaiah 55:8–9). So, the Lord describes how Moses can experience a limited view of God's glory.This starts with God placing Moses inside a split in a rocky place. This might be a crevice or narrow cave on a mountainside. The Lord will cover that space and His full glory will pass by (Exodus 34:5–7). As that glory moves away, God will remove His hand and Moses will be allowed to see (Exodus 33:23). God does not have a literal body (John 4:24), of course, so these terms are at least partially symbolic.
