And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
Parallel translations
- WEB He said, “Please show me your glory.”
- BSB Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”
- NKJV And he said, “Please, show me Your glory.”
- NASB Then Moses said, “Please, show me Your glory!”
- NLT Moses responded, “Then show me your glorious presence.”
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Quick answer
Emboldened, Moses asks God, 'Please show me your glory.' He longs for a deeper sight of God Himself.
Overview
Having secured God's presence, Moses now seeks the highest gift: a vision of God's glory. This holy desire reflects a heart captivated by God rather than merely His benefits. It expresses the longing of every believer that will be fully satisfied in seeing God's glory in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 4:6).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Rev 21:23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
- Exod 33:20And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
- Titus 2:13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
- 1 Tim 6:16Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
- 2 Cor 4:6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
- 2 Cor 3:18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
- Ps 4:6There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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