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[1] EXODUS
20:21 (God
in Darkness)
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18 [After the Lord had given the Law to Moses:]
NOW when all the people perceived the thunderings and the lightnings and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled; and they stood afar off, 19 and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will hear; but let not God speak to us, lest we die.” 20 And Moses said to the people, “Do not fear; for God has come to prove you, and that the fear of him may be before your eyes, that you may not sin.” 21 And the people stood afar off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
thick
darkness:
עֲרָפֶל
’araphel:
cloud, heavy or dark cloud, darkness, gross darkness, thick darkness.
LXX γνόφος
gnophos: darkness (that conceals), thick darkness.
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[2]
EXODUS
24:9-11 (God
in Light) |
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The Hebrew Text
THEN 9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, 10 and they saw (רָאָה) the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. 11 And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld (חָזָה) God, and ate and drank.
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10…they saw the God of Israel ויִּרְאוּ אֵת אֱל ֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrā’ēl ’ĕlōhĕ ’ēt wayyir’û רָאָה ra’ah : to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider
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11… they beheld God אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים וַיְּחֱזו wa|yyechézû ´et-h亴élöhîm חָזָה chazah : to see, behold: [God in theophany; God, after death] |
The Greek Septuagint Text
THEN Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, 10 and they saw the place (εἶδον τὸν τόπον) where the God of Israel stood; and there was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. 11 And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; They appeared in the place of God (ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τοῦ θεοῦ), and ate and drank.
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10…They saw the place where the God of Israel stood:
καὶ
εἶδον τὸν τόπον, |
11…
They appeared
ὤφθησαν |
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Abbot Neve[3]
EXODUS
33:16 (Only
the Back of God is seen) |
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MOSES said, “I pray you, show me your glory.” 19 And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim before you my name ‘The LORD; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
BUT,”
20 he said, “you cannot see
(ὁράω)
my face; for man shall not see me and live.”
21 And the LORD
said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand upon the rock; 22 and while my glory passes by I will put you in
a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by;
23 then I will take away my hand, and
you shall see (ὁράω)
my back; but my face shall not be seen.”
ὁράω horao: see, observe, notice (pass. appear); perceive, understand, recognize; experience; visit, come to see.
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