Genesis 32:30
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30 So Jacob called the place Peniel,[a] saying, “For I have seen God face to face, yet my life is preserved.”(A)
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- 32.30 That is, the face of God
Numbers 12:8
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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?”(A)
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Exodus 24:10-11
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10 and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was something like a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness.(A) 11 God[a] did not lay his hand on the chief men of the Israelites; they beheld God, and they ate and drank.
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- 24.11 Heb He
Genesis 16:13
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13 So she named the Lord who spoke to her, “You are El-roi,”[a] for she said, “Have I really seen God and remained alive after seeing him?”[b](A)
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Isaiah 6:5
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5 And I said, “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”(A)
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Deuteronomy 5:24
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24 and you said, ‘Look, the Lord our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the fire. We have seen this day that God may speak to someone and the person may still live.(A)
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John 1:18
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18 No one has ever seen God. It is the only Son, himself God, who[a] is close to the Father’s heart,[b] who has made him known.(A)
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Exodus 33:19-23
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19 And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you the name, ‘The Lord,’[a] 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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Hebrews 11:27
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27 By faith he left Egypt, unafraid of the king’s anger, for he persevered as though[a] he saw him who is invisible.
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2 Timothy 1:10
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10 but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ,[a] who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.(A)
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- 1.10 Other ancient authorities read Christ Jesus
Ephesians 1:17
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17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him,(A)
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Exodus 33:14
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14 He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”(A)
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Colossians 1:15
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The Supremacy of Christ
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation,(A)
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Galatians 1:6
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There Is No Other Gospel
6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
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2 Corinthians 4:6
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6 For it is the 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 Christ.(A)
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2 Corinthians 3:18
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18 And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.(A)
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1 Kings 12:25
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Jeroboam’s Golden Calves
25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and resided there; he went out from there and built Penuel.(A)
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Judges 13:21-22
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21 The angel of the Lord did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. Then Manoah realized that it was the angel of the Lord.(A) 22 And Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, for we have seen God.”(B)
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Judges 8:17
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17 He also broke down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.(A)
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Judges 8:8
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8 From there he went up to Penuel and made the same request of them, and the people of Penuel answered him as the people of Succoth had answered.(A)
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Judges 6:22-23
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22 Then Gideon perceived that it was the angel of the Lord, and Gideon said, “Help me, Lord God! For I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.”(A) 23 But the Lord said to him, “Peace be to you; do not fear; you shall not die.”
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Deuteronomy 34:10
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10 Never since has there arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face.(A)
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Genesis 28:19
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19 He called that place Bethel,[a] but the name of the city was Luz at the first.(A)
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- 28.19 That is, house of God
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