Ezekiel 1:28
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28 Like the bow in a cloud on a rainy day, such was the appearance of the splendor all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.
When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of someone speaking.(A)
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Revelation 10:1
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The Angel with the Little Scroll
10 And I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head; his face was like the sun and his legs like pillars of fire.(A)
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Revelation 4:3
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3 And the one seated there looks like jasper and carnelian, and around the throne is a rainbow that looks like an emerald.
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Ezekiel 3:23
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23 So I rose up and went out into the valley, and the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory that I had seen by the River Chebar, and I fell on my face.(A)
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Genesis 17:3
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3 Then Abram fell on his face, and God said to him,
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Acts 9:4
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4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”(A)
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Daniel 8:17
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17 So he came near where I stood, and when he came, I became frightened and fell prostrate. But he said to me, “Understand, O mortal,[a] that the vision is for the time of the end.”(A)
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- 8.17 Heb son of man
Ezekiel 8:4
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4 And the glory of the God of Israel was there, like the vision that I had seen in the valley.(A)
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Exodus 24:16
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16 The glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the cloud.(A)
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Exodus 33:18-23
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18 Moses[a] said, “Please show me your glory.” 19 And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you the name, ‘The Lord,’[b] and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.(A) 20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one shall see me and live.”(B) 21 And the Lord continued, “See, there is a place by me where you shall stand on 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 my back, but my face shall not be seen.”(C)
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Revelation 1:17-18
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17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he placed his right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last(A) 18 and the Living One. I was dead, and see, I am alive forever and ever, and I have the keys of Death and of Hades.(B)
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1 Corinthians 13:12
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12 For now we see only a reflection, as in a mirror, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.(A)
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Matthew 17:5-6
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5 While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, the Beloved;[a] with him I am well pleased; listen to him!”(A) 6 When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear.
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- 17.5 Or my beloved Son
Daniel 10:16-17
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16 Then one in human form touched my lips, and I opened my mouth to speak and said to the one who stood before me, “My lord, because of the vision such pains have come upon me that I retain no strength.(A) 17 How can my lord’s servant talk with my lord? For I am exhausted;[a] no strength remains in me, and no breath is left in me.”
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- 10.17 Gk: Heb from now
Daniel 10:7-9
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7 I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; the people who were with me did not see the vision, though a great trembling fell upon them, and they fled and hid themselves.(A) 8 So I was left alone to see this great vision. My strength left me, and my complexion grew deathly pale, and I retained no strength.(B) 9 When[a] I heard the sound of his words, I fell into a trance, face to the ground.(C)
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- 10.9 Gk Syr: Heb Then I heard the sound of his words, and when
Ezekiel 44:4
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Admission to the Temple
4 Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple, and I looked, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple of the Lord, and I fell upon my face.(A)
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Ezekiel 43:3-5
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3 The[a] vision I saw was like the vision that I had seen when he came to destroy the city and[b] like the vision that I had seen by the River Chebar, and I fell upon my face.(A) 4 As the glory of the Lord entered the temple by the gate facing east,(B) 5 the spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.(C)
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Ezekiel 11:22-23
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22 Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.(A) 23 And the glory of the Lord ascended from the middle of the city and stopped on the mountain east of the city.(B)
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Ezekiel 10:19-20
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19 The cherubim lifted up their wings and rose up from the earth in my sight as they went out with the wheels beside them. They stopped at the entrance of the east gate of the house of the Lord, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.(A)
20 These were the living creatures that I saw underneath the God of Israel by the River Chebar, and I knew that they were cherubim.(B)
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Isaiah 54:8-10
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8 In overflowing wrath for a moment
I hid my face from you,
but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,
says the Lord, your Redeemer.(A)
9 This is like the days of Noah to me:
Just as I swore that the waters of Noah
would never again go over the earth,
so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
and will not rebuke you.(B)
10 For the mountains may depart
and the hills be removed,
but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,
and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.(C)
1 Kings 8:10-11
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10 And when the priests came out of the holy place, a cloud filled the house of the Lord,(A) 11 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.
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Numbers 12:6-8
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6 And he said, “Hear my words:
When there are prophets among you,
I the Lord make myself known to them in visions;
I speak to them in dreams.(A)
7 Not so with my servant Moses;
he is faithful in all my house.(B)
8 With him I speak face to face—clearly, not in riddles,
and he beholds the form of the Lord.
“Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”(C)
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Leviticus 9:24
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24 Fire came out from the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.(A)
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Exodus 16:10
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10 And as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the Israelites, they looked toward the wilderness, and the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.(A)
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Exodus 16:7
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7 and in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your complaining against the Lord. For what are we, that you complain against us?”(A)
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