Exodus 33:23

And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen. Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my (n) back parts: but my face shall not be seen. (n) As much of my glory as in this mortal life...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My back parts , i.e. imperfectly and in part, as when we see only a man's back parts, and not his face. Thou shalt see a shadow or obscure delineati...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Moses Requests To See Yahweh's Glory -And Does So In The Only Way That Is Possible Even To Him ( Exodus 33:18-23 ). Now Moses is emboldened. He ha...
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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 m...

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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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Exodus 33:23