Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshipped. The immediate response to the divine self-disclosure is prostration and worship — before asking anything, before presenting Israel's need. Worship precedes petition. Revelation 4:10 records the twenty-four elders falling down before the throne in worship. Before request, before argument, before covenant negotiation: worship. The character of the God who is compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in love requires this response first. The one who has seen what Moses has seen has no response available except to fall down.

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