Holy Scripture
Exodus 33:23
A church father on this verse
“Like to these is the saying of God to Moses: "Lo, I have set you in a cleft of the rock, and you shall see my back parts." That rock which is Christ is therefore not completely closed but has clefts. But the cleft of the rock is he who reveals God to men and makes him known to them; for "no one knows the Father, save…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
23And I will remove my hand, and then shalt thou see my back parts; but my face shall not appear to thee.
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21And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me: thou shalt stand upon the rock;
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.
— Exodus 33:23 —