Exodus 33

Which worship songs are based on Exodus 33?

  1. Caught in the Reeds (Moses) — Chris Renzema (2021) Exodus 33:11

    The description of Moses speaking with God in the manner of a friend closely paraphrases the account of the Lord communicating with Moses with exceptional personal intimacy.

  2. Another World — Neal Morse (2007) Exodus 33:11

    The description of Moses’ direct encounter with God closely adapts this verse’s account of their personal communication. Although the song associates the encounter with the mountain, this passage locates it at the tent of meeting.

  3. I Don't Want to Go — Isaac Carree (2020) Exodus 33:14-16

    The singer conditions every movement on God's accompanying presence, closely paralleling Moses' refusal to lead Israel onward unless the Lord personally goes with them.

  4. I Don't Wanna Go — Chris Renzema (2018) Exodus 33:14-15

    The chorus closely echoes Moses' refusal to lead Israel onward unless God's presence accompanies them.

  5. My Promised Land — Josiah Queen (2024) Exodus 33:14-17

    The refusal to enter the promised destination without God’s presence closely parallels Moses’ insistence that Israel not proceed unless God accompanies them.

  6. With Me — Chris Tomlin (2008) Exodus 33:15

    The refusal to proceed without God's presence closely paraphrases Moses' request that God not lead Israel onward unless his presence accompanies them.

  7. Here For You — Travis Greene (2015) Exodus 33:15

    The repeated refusal to proceed without God's accompanying presence closely adapts Moses' insistence that God not send Israel onward unless his presence goes with them.

  8. Glory To Your Name (Live) — Naomi Raine (2025) Exodus 33:15

    The singer's refusal to proceed without God's preceding presence closely parallels Moses' insistence that Israel not continue its journey unless God's presence accompanies them.

  9. Simple Pursuit — Passion (2020) Exodus 33:15-16

    The prayer for God’s people to be recognized by His presence parallels Moses’ declaration that God’s accompanying presence is what distinguishes His people from all others.

  10. The Lord Our God (Live) — Passion (2013) Exodus 33:15

    The repeated refusal to proceed without God echoes Moses' request that Israel not depart unless God's presence accompanies them. The song's wilderness setting reinforces this specific connection.

  11. Morning Song — Jess Ray (2024) Exodus 33:15

    The singer's refusal to proceed without God's presence closely parallels Moses' insistence that Israel not continue its journey unless God accompanies them.

  12. Show Me Your Glory (Live) — Brandon Lake (2021) Exodus 33:15-18

    The opening refusal to proceed without God's presence and the central request to behold his glory closely reproduce Moses' two petitions during his encounter with God.

  13. Jesus, Let Me See Your Eyes — Cory Asbury (2009) Exodus 33:18

    The song explicitly names Moses and reproduces his request to behold God’s glory, adopting that petition as the singer’s own.

  14. Pour Over Me - Live — Jesus Culture (2023) Exodus 33:18

    The collective request for God to reveal his glory echoes Moses' direct request to behold God's glory.

  15. Show Me Your Face / Yahweh — Red Worship, Lizzie Morgan (2025) Exodus 33:18-23

    The song references Moses standing on a mountain and God covering his face, which directly alludes to the biblical account of Moses asking to see God's glory and God's response to shield him.

  16. Have Your Way — Karen Clark Sheard (2010) Exodus 33:18

    The petition for God to reveal His glory closely adapts Moses’ request to see God’s glory. The surrounding emphasis on divine presence reinforces this connection to Moses’ encounter with God.

  17. El Elyon — Elaine Martins (2022) Exodus 33:18-23

    Moses hiding from God's overwhelming glory recalls his being sheltered in the cleft of the rock while God's glory passed by.

  18. Open Up the Heavens — Vertical Worship (2017) Exodus 33:18

    The repeated communal request for God to reveal His glory closely adapts Moses’ personal request during his encounter with God.

  19. Show Me Your Glory — Jesus Culture (2010) Exodus 33:18-23

    The central request repeats Moses’ plea to behold God’s glory, and the song explicitly identifies Moses as its model. The later desire to behold God’s face also recalls the limits God places on that encounter.

  20. Lost in Hallelujah (Live) — Naomi Raine (2025) Exodus 33:18-23

    The repeated requests to behold God's glory and face closely echo Moses' appeal for a direct revelation of divine glory and God's response concerning the limits of seeing His face.

  21. Just One Touch — Fellowship Creative (2012) Exodus 33:18

    The bridge repeats Moses' request that God reveal his glory, directly reproducing the central wording of his appeal.

  22. Awaken Love — Sean Feucht (2007) Exodus 33:18

    The pre-chorus directly repeats Moses’ request to behold God’s glory. In Exodus, this request occurs during Moses’ intercession following the golden-calf incident.

  23. When the Glory's in the Room (Spontaneous) [Live] — Brandon Lake (2021) Exodus 33:18

    The repeated request for Jesus to reveal divine glory directly echoes Moses’ request to God during their encounter at Sinai.

  24. Show Me Your Face — Brian Johnson (2010) Exodus 33:18-23

    The verse explicitly recalls Moses requesting to see God's glory and being sheltered by God's hand as God passes by. It preserves the account's central restriction: a human cannot see God's face and live.

  25. Além do Véu — Julliany Souza (2025) Exodus 33:18-23

    The repeated request to see God's glory, joined to the cleft of the rock, directly invokes Moses being sheltered while God reveals His glory.

  26. Leave Me Astounded - Live — Planetshakers (2026) Exodus 33:18

    The repeated request for God to reveal his glory directly reproduces Moses’ request during his encounter with God after Israel’s golden-calf crisis.

  27. Mercy Rescues Me — Gold City (2009) Exodus 33:21-22

    The image of finding divine protection inside an opening in a rock recalls God sheltering Moses there as His glory passes by. The song adapts that distinctive image into a refuge provided by mercy.

  28. I Like The Promise — 11th Hour (2012) Exodus 33:22

    The image of shelter within a rock’s cleft echoes God protecting Moses in such a cleft as his glory passes. The song applies this biblical refuge imagery to Christ, likely through the hymn tradition of Rock of Ages.

  29. He Hideth My Soul — Guy Penrod (2012) Exodus 33:22

    The rocky hiding place and God's protective hand directly recall Moses being sheltered while God's glory passes. The hymn applies this specific scene to the believer's protection in Christ.

  30. Rock of Ages — Chris Rice (2007) Exodus 33:22

    The prayer for shelter within a rock's cleft recalls God placing Moses in a cleft and covering him while divine glory passes. The hymn applies this distinctive refuge imagery to Christ.

Exodus 33 (King James Version)

1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:

2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.

4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.

6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.

7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.

8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.

9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.

16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.

17 And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.

18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.

19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:

22 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:

23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.