Exodus 33:23
And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
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Gill's Exposition
And I will take away mine hand,.... As being covered with the hand may signify the obscurity of the former dispensation, the taking of it away may denote a more clear revelation of the grace and…
Moses, having returned to the door of the tabernacle, becomes a humble and importunate supplicant there for two very great favours, and as a prince he has power with God, and prevails for both: herein…
Jehovah accordingly bids Moses stand where he may see, as He passes by, not His full glory, but only His back, or hinder parts (Exo 26:12 Heb.), i.e., so to say, only the afterglow, which He leaves…
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