Exodus 33:23
Then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back, but my face must not be seen.”
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- Exod 33:20 : 20 But he added,“You cannot see my face, for no one can see me and live.”
- John 1:18 : 18 No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.
- 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 He alone possesses immortality and lives in unapproachable light, whom no human has ever seen or is able to see. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.
- 1 Cor 13:12 : 12 For now we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.
- Job 11:7 : 7 “Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty?
- Job 26:14 : 14 Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?”
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- Exod 33:12-2211 verses88%
12 Moses said to the LORD,“See, you have been saying to me,‘Bring this people up,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. But you said,‘I know you by name, and also you have found favor in my sight.’
13 Now if I have found favor in your sight, show me your way, that I may know you, that I may continue to find favor in your sight. And see that this nation is your people.”
14 And the LORD said,“My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
15 And Moses said to him,“If your presence does not go with us, do not take us up from here.
16 For how will it be known then that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not by your going with us, so that we will be distinguished, I and your people, from all the people who are on the face of the earth?”
17 The LORD said to Moses,“I will do this thing also that you have requested, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”
18 And Moses said,“Show me your glory.”
19 And the LORD said,“I will make all my goodness pass before your face, and I will proclaim the LORD by name before you; I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy.”
20 But he added,“You cannot see my face, for no one can see me and live.”
21 The LORD said,“Here is a place by me; you will station yourself on a rock.
22 When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and will cover you with my hand while I pass by.
- Job 13:20-212 verses74%
20 Only in two things spare me, O God, and then I will not hide from your face:
21 Remove your hand far from me and stop making me afraid with your terror.
- Job 23:8-92 verses72%
8 The Inaccessibility and Power of God“If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.
9 In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.
- Exod 10:28-292 verses72%
28 Pharaoh said to him,“Go from me! Watch out for yourself! Do not appear before me again, for when you see my face you will die!”
29 Moses said,“As you wish! I will not see your face again.”
- Deut 31:17-182 verses72%
17 At that time my anger will erupt against them and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome them so that they will say at that time,‘Have not these disasters overcome us because our God is not among us?’
18 But I will certainly hide myself at that time because of all the wickedness they will have done by turning to other gods.
- Exod 3:4-63 verses72%
4 When the LORD saw that he had turned aside to look, God called to him from within the bush and said,“Moses, Moses!” And Moses said,“Here I am.”
5 God said,“Do not approach any closer! Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
6 He added,“I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
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27 whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me.
- 1 Sam 24:12-132 verses70%
12 May the LORD judge between the two of us, and may the LORD vindicate me over you, but my hand will not be against you.
13 It’s like the old proverb says:‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.
- Exod 34:33-353 verses70%
33 When Moses finished speaking with them, he would put a veil on his face.
34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he came out. Then he would come out and tell the Israelites what he had been commanded.
35 When the Israelites would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone, Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with the LORD.
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7 Therefore no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure be heavy on you.
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8 The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.
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17 Then the LORD said,“Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
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8 With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”
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32 ‘I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely.
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3 Let your naked body be exposed! Your shame will be on display! I will get revenge; I will not have pity on anyone,”
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11 I will teach you about the power of God; What is on the Almighty’s mind I will not conceal.
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28 like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.
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20 So I will extend my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will do among them, and after that he will release you.
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12 He replied,“Surely I will be with you, and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you bring the people out of Egypt, you and they will serve God at this mountain.”
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20 He said,“I will reject them, I will see what will happen to them; for they are a perverse generation, children who show no loyalty.
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12 I will not keep silent about its limbs, and the extent of its might, and the grace of its arrangement.
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3 Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way.”
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3 No one is to come up with you; do not let anyone be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks or the herds may graze in front of that mountain.”
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10 He said,“See, I am going to make a covenant before all your people. I will do wonders such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation. All the people among whom you live will see the work of the LORD, for it is a fearful thing that I am doing with you.
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30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining,“Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.”
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5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you.
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24 Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?
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17 Gideon said to him,“If you really are pleased with me, then give me a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me.
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8 My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O LORD.
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11 If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.
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5 You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me.