10And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
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No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-11)The people having, besides their submission to the ceremony of the sprinkling of blood, declared their well-pleasedness in their God and his law, again and again, God here gives to their representatives some special tokens of his favour to them (for God meets him that rejoices and works righteousness), and admits them nearer to him than they could have expected. Thus, in the New-Testament church,…
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