Exodus 33:23

and I have turned aside My hands, and you have seen My back parts, and My face is not seen.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22and it has come to pass, in the passing by of My glory, that I have set you in a cleft of the rock, and spread out My hands over you until My passing by,

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Cross References

Job 11:7Do you find out God by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One?

John 1:18No one has ever seen God; the only begotten God who is on the bosom of the Father—He has expounded [Him].

1 Timothy 6:16having immortality alone, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no one of men saw, nor is able to see, to whom [is] honor and perpetual might! Amen.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 33:13-23

Moses Petitions to See God's Glory. ( b. c. 1491.) 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, show 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… Read the whole commentary →

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