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Exodus 33:23 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back; but my face shall not be seen.” "

Exodus 33:23

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21 The LORD also said, “Behold, there is a place by me, and you shall stand on the rock.

22 It will happen, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand until I have passed by;

23 then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back; but my face shall not be seen.”

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Exodus 33:1

"The LORD spoke to Moses, “Depart, go up from here, you and the people that you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your offspring.’"

Exodus 33:2

"I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite."

Exodus 33:3

"Go to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you on the way.”"

Exodus 33:4

"When the people heard this evil news, they mourned; and no one put on his jewelry."

Exodus 33:5

"The LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go up among you for one moment, I would consume you. Therefore now take off your jewelry from you, that I may know what to do to you.’”"

Exodus 33:6

"The children of Israel stripped themselves of their jewelry from Mount Horeb onward."

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