Exodus 33:23 KJV — MannaFest

Exodus 33:23

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”

YLT

and I have turned aside My hands, and thou hast seen My back parts, and My face is not seen.'

DBT

And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see me from behind; but my face shall not be seen.

About this book

Old Testament

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Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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Numbers 12:8
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
Exodus 33:20
And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
John 1:18
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Exodus 24:10
And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
Job 11:7
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

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I beseech thee, show me thy glory--This is one of the most mysterious scenes described in the Bible: he had, for his comfort and encouragement, a splendid and full display of the divine majesty, not in its unveiled effulgence, but as far as the weakness of humanity would admit. The face, hand, back parts, are to be understood figuratively.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Long before this, Jacob had spoken of it with wonder that he had seen God face to face, and yet his life was preserved, Gen. xxxii. Sinful man dreads the sight of God his Judge; but holy souls, being by the Spirit of the Lord changed into the same image, behold with open face the glory of the Lord.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Now Moses was allowed to see only the back-parts; but long afterwards, when he was a witness to Christ's transfiguration, he saw his face shine as the sun. If we faithfully improve the discoveries God gives us of himself while we are here, a brighter and more glorious scene will shortly be opened to us; for to him that hath shall be given.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

And I will take away my hand - Speaking after the manner of men. And thou shalt see my back-parts - The face in man is the seat of majesty, and men are known by their faces, in them we take a full view of men; that sight of God Moses might not have, but such a sight as we have of a man who is gone past us, so that we only see his back.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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H3709192× in canon H5493299× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

EXO 33:23JHN 1:18 COL 1:15
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EXO 33:23JHN 1:18 JHN 6:46
EXO 33:23JHN 1:18 MAT 11:27
EXO 33:23JHN 1:18 LUK 10:22
EXO 33:231TI 6:16 JHN 1:18
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EXO 33:23JHN 1:18 1JN 4:12
EXO 33:231TI 6:16 1TI 1:17
EXO 33:231TI 6:16 1JN 1:5

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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