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NASB | Exodus 33:23 "Then I will take My hand away and you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 33:23 "Then I will take away My hand and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen." |
Bible Question:
How can God be seen and eat dinner with 73 men and if Eloheim shows his face to Moses, God will need to kill Moses nine chapters later? EXODUS 24:9 Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, 24:10 and they saw the God of Israel; and under His feet there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself. 24:11 Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the nobles of the sons of Israel; and they beheld God, and they ate and drank. and EXODUS 33:18 Then Moses said, "I pray Thee, show me Thy glory!" 33:19 And He said, "I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the Lord before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion." 33:20 But He said, "You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!" |
Bible Answer: Hi Perhaps I may be able to add a little to what has already been said. 'Seeing God' can signify a number of types of experience. Abraham talked and ate with God face to face (Genesis 18) but he was not strictly 'seeing God' like Moses did in Exodus 33. (Compare Abraham's much more awesome experience in Genesis 15). Jacob met God face to face at Peniel. But as with Abraham He saw God when He had taken the form of a man. It was not strictly 'face to face'. (Even though he was in awe at the experience that he had had). The elders saw Him at a distance and 'ate and drank BEFORE Him'. But as stjohn has already well pointed out they did not see Him fully face to face. All Israel had seen His revelation of Himself in the form of fire (Exodus 19, 24). Both Isaiah and Ezekiel had awesome (in the true sense) visions of God, and so we could go on. But in none of these was it 'face to face'. For it is doubtful if the human body could cope with seeing His glory. This is why smoke and cloud are regularly associated with His appearances. Moses came closest but only after special precautions had been taken. For the truth is that 'He dwells in unapproachable light which no man has seen or can see' (1 Timothy 6.1). Best wishes Jonp |
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