Then Moses said, “Please, show me Your glory!”
Parallel translations
- WEB He said, “Please show me your glory.”
- KJV And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
- BSB Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”
- NKJV And he 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 21:23The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
- Exod 33:20He said, “You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live.”
- Titus 2:13looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;
- 1 Tim 6:16who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.
- 2 Cor 4:6seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- John 1:18No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
- 2 Cor 3:18But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
- Ps 4:6Many say, “Who will show us any good?” Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on 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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