And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
Ver. 20. Thou canst not see my face.] Otherwise than in his words and works. Rom 1:20 As we cannot see the sun in rota, in the circle, but in the beams. Some have seen Mercabah velo harocheb, as the Hebrews speak, a the chariot in which God rode, but not the rider in it: they saw some created image, or glory, whereby he testified his more immediate presence, but not himself.
No man shall see me, and live.] But be oppressed and swallowed up with majesty: as the sight of the eye is dazzled with the sun; or a crystal glass broken with the fire.
a Rab. Maimon.