Exodus 33:20

American Standard Version (1901)

And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live.

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  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.
  • Gen 32:30 : 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, [said he], I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
  • Exod 24:10 : 10 and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness.
  • John 1:18 : 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him] .
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honor and power eternal. Amen.
  • Deut 5:24 : 24 and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth.
  • Judg 6:22 : 22 And Gideon saw that he was the angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah! forasmuch as I have seen the angel of Jehovah face to face.
  • Judg 13:22 : 22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
  • Heb 1:13 : 13 But of which of the angels hath he said at any time, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet?
  • Rev 1:16-17 : 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,

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  • Exod 33:21-23
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    21And Jehovah said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock:

    22and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand until I have passed by:

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

  • Exod 10:28-29
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    77%

    28And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in the day thou seest my face thou shalt die.

    29And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well; I will see thy face again no more.

  • Exod 33:11-19
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    75%

    11And Jehovah spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his minister Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the Tent.

    12And Moses said unto Jehovah, 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 favor in my sight.

    13Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thy sight, show me now thy ways, that I may know thee, to the end that I may find favor in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.

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

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

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

    17And Jehovah said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken; for thou hast found favor in my sight, and I know thee by name.

    18And he said, Show me, I pray thee, thy glory.

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

  • Exod 34:2-3
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    73%

    2And be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me on the top of the mount.

    3And no man shall come up with thee; neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.

  • Exod 3:4-6
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    4And when Jehovah saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

    5And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

    6Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

  • Num 12:8
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    8with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Jehovah shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?

  • Exod 20:18-22
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    18And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.

    19And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

    20And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.

    21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

    22And Jehovah said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

  • Isa 38:11
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    11I said, I shall not see Jehovah, [even] Jehovah in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

  • Deut 5:24
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    24and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth.

  • Job 13:20
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    20Only do not two things unto me; Then will I not hide myself from thy face:

  • Exod 19:23-24
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    23And Moses said unto Jehovah, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou didst charge us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

    24And Jehovah said unto him, Go, get thee down; and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto Jehovah, lest he break forth upon them.

  • Acts 7:31-33
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    31And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord,

    32I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

    33And the Lord said unto him, Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

  • Deut 18:16
    70%

    16according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.

  • Gen 32:30
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    30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, [said he], I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

  • Num 4:20
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    20but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.

  • Deut 32:52
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    52For thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither into the land which I give the children of Israel.

  • Exod 34:6
    70%

    6And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth;

  • Deut 5:4
    70%

    4Jehovah spake with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

  • Exod 24:2
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    2and Moses alone shall come near unto Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.

  • Exod 20:3
    69%

    3Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

  • Exod 33:3
    69%

    3unto 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.

  • Job 19:27
    69%

    27Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.

  • Judg 13:22
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    22And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

  • Judg 6:17
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    17And he said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, then show me a sign that it is thou that talkest with me.

  • Exod 19:21
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    21And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.

  • Heb 12:21
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    21and so fearful was the appearance, [that] Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:

  • Exod 19:12
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    12And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

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    15And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

  • Num 14:22
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    22because all those men that have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;