Exodus 33:23

“And I will take away mine hand, etc.] 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 goodness of God in Christ, and so of the glory of it under the Gospel dispensation; and yet what is seen in this, in comparison of the reality of things as they are, or of the heavenly state, are but as next expressed: and thou shalt see my back parts; which some understand of the humanity of Christ, and his sufferings in it, sometimes expressed by his heel, and the bruising of it, (<010315>Genesis 3:15) or else the works of God in creation, by which the invisible things of God are seen, and which…”

“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. Now Moses was allowed to see this only, but when he was a witness to Christ's transfiguration, he saw his face shine as the sun. Next: Exodus Chapter 34”

“thou shalt: Exo 33:20; Job 11:7, Job 26:14; Joh 1:18; Co1 13:12; Ti1 6:16 Next: Exodus Chapter 34”