Holy Scripture
Exodus 33:21
A church father on this verse
“The place is the church, the rock is the Lord, Moses is the multitude of the people of Israel, who did not believe in the Lord when he preached on the earth. So that multitude stood on the rock and beheld the back parts of the Lord as he passed by. After the Lord's passion and ascension they were led into the church a…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
21And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me: thou shalt stand upon the rock;
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19And God said, I will pass by before thee with my glory, and I will call by my name, the Lord, before thee; and I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and will have pity on whom I will have pity.
20And God said, Thou shalt not be able to see my face; for no man shall see my face, and live.
— Exodus 33:21 —
22and when my glory shall pass by, then I will put thee into a hole of the rock; and I will cover thee over with my hand, until I shall have passed by.
23And I will remove my hand, and then shalt thou see my back parts; but my face shall not appear to thee.