Exodus 33:20

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But He added, 'You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.'

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  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, "Woe to me! For I am ruined because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts."
  • Gen 32:30 : 30 Jacob said, 'Please tell me your name.' But he replied, 'Why do you ask my name?' Then he blessed him there.
  • Exod 24:10 : 10 They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement of sapphire stone, as clear as the sky itself.
  • John 1:18 : 18 No one has ever seen God; the one and only Son, who is in the closest relationship with the Father, has made Him known.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 He alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has seen Him or can see Him. To Him be honor and eternal power. Amen.
  • Deut 5:24 : 24 And you said, 'Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the fire. Today we have seen that a person can live even if God speaks with them.
  • Judg 6:22 : 22 When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the Lord, he exclaimed, 'Alas, Sovereign Lord! I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face!'
  • Judg 13:22 : 22 Manoah said to his wife, "We are sure to die, because we have seen God!"
  • Heb 1:13 : 13 To which of the angels did God ever say, 'Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet'?
  • Rev 1:16-17 : 16 He held seven stars in His right hand, a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth, and His face shone like the sun in its full brilliance. 17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. Then He placed His right hand on me and said, 'Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last,

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    21Then the LORD said, 'There is a place near Me where you may stand on a rock.'

    22When 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.

    23Then I will remove My hand, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.'

  • Exod 10:28-29
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    28Pharaoh said to Moses, "Leave me! Make sure you do not appear before me again! The day you see my face, you will die."

    29"Just as you say," Moses replied, "I will never see your face again."

  • Exod 33:11-19
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    11The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua, son of Nun, did not leave the tent.

    12Moses said to the LORD, 'See, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My eyes.’

    13Now, if I have indeed found favor in Your eyes, please show me Your ways, so that I may know You and continue to find favor in Your eyes. Remember, this nation is Your people.

    14The LORD replied, 'My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.'

    15Then Moses said to Him, 'If Your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.'

    16For how will anyone know that You are pleased with me and with Your people unless You go with us? What else will distinguish me and Your people from all the other peoples on the face of the earth?

    17The LORD said to Moses, 'I will do the very thing you have asked, for you have found favor in My eyes, and I know you by name.'

    18Then Moses said, 'Please show me Your glory.'

    19And the LORD said, 'I will cause all My goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim My name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.'

  • Exod 34:2-3
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    2Be ready in the morning, and come up to Mount Sinai in the morning and stand before Me there on the top of the mountain.

    3No one may come up with you, and no one should be seen anywhere on the mountain; even the flocks and herds must not graze near the mountain.

  • Exod 3:4-6
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    4When the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him out of the bush and said, 'Moses, Moses!' And Moses replied, 'Here I am.'

    5God said, 'Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.'

    6Then he said, 'I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' At this, Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.

  • Num 12:8
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    8With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?'

  • Exod 20:18-22
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    18When all the people saw the thunder and the lightning flashes, and heard the sound of the trumpet, and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear and stood at a distance.

    19They said to Moses, 'Speak to us yourself, and we will listen. But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.'

    20Moses said to the people, 'Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you to keep you from sinning.'

    21The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

    22Then the LORD said to Moses, 'This is what you shall say to the children of Israel: You yourselves have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.'

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    11I said, "I will not see the LORD, the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on humanity or be with those who dwell in the world of the dead."

  • Deut 5:24
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    20Only grant me these two things, so that I will not hide myself from You:

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    23Moses said to the LORD, 'The people cannot come up Mount Sinai because You yourself warned us, saying: Set boundaries around the mountain and consecrate it.'

    24The LORD replied, 'Go down and bring Aaron up with you. But the priests and the people must not force their way up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.'

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    31Moses was amazed at what he saw. As he approached to look more closely, he heard the voice of the Lord say,

    32'I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look closely.

    33Then the Lord said to him, 'Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.'

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    16This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, 'Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, or we will die.'

  • Gen 32:30
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    30Jacob said, 'Please tell me your name.' But he replied, 'Why do you ask my name?' Then he blessed him there.

  • Num 4:20
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    20But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die.

  • Deut 32:52
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    52You will see the land from a distance, but you will not enter the land that I am giving to the Israelites.

  • Exod 34:6
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    6The LORD passed in front of him and proclaimed: "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

  • Deut 5:4
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    4The LORD spoke to you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.

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    2Only Moses is to approach the LORD; the others must not come near, and the people must not go up with him.

  • Exod 20:3
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    3You shall have no other gods before Me.

  • Exod 33:3
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    3Go to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way.

  • Job 19:27
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    27Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!

  • Judg 13:22
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    22Manoah said to his wife, "We are sure to die, because we have seen God!"

  • Judg 6:17
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    17Gideon replied, 'If I have found favor in your sight, give me a sign that it is really you speaking to me.'

  • Exod 19:21
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    21The LORD said to Moses, 'Go down and warn the people not to force their way through to see the LORD, or many of them will perish.'

  • Heb 12:21
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    21The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, "I am trembling with fear."

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    15If this is how You are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and do not let me see my misery.

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