With him I speakmouthto mouth,Even openly,and not in darksayings,And he beholdsthe formof the LORD.Whythen were you not afraidTo speakagainst My servant,against Moses?"
So Jacobnamedthe placePeniel,for [he said], "I have seenGodfaceto face,yet my lifehas been preserved."
As for me, I shall beholdYour facein righteousness;I will be satisfiedwith Your likenesswhen I awake.
I will inclinemy earto a proverb;I will expressmy riddleon the harp.
When the soundof the trumpetgrewlouderand louder,Mosesspokeand Godansweredhim with thunder.
"You shall not makefor yourself an idol,or anylikenessof whatis in heavenaboveor on the earthbeneathor in the waterunderthe earth.
Thus the LORDused to speakto Mosesfaceto face,justas a manspeaksto his friend.When Moses returnedto the camp,his servantJoshua,the sonof Nun,a youngman,would not departfrom the tent.
And He said,"I Myselfwill make allMy goodnesspassbeforeyou, and will proclaimthe nameof the LORDbeforeyou; and I will be graciousto whomI will be gracious,and will showcompassionon whomI will showcompassion."
"Then I will takeMy handawayand you shall seeMy back,but My faceshall not be seen."
So when Aaronand allthe sonsof IsraelsawMoses,behold,the skinof his faceshone,and they were afraidto comenearhim.
To understanda proverband a figure,The wordsof the wiseand their riddles.
To whomthen will you likenGod?Or whatlikenesswill you comparewith Him?
"To whomwould you likenMe And makeMe equaland compareMe, That we would be alike?
"Sonof man,propounda riddleand speaka parableto the houseof Israel,
Then I said,"AhLordGOD!They are sayingof me, 'Is he not [just] speakingparables?'"
But by a prophetthe LORDbroughtIsraelfrom Egypt,And by a prophethe was kept.
and they will tell[it] to the inhabitantsof thisland.They have heardthat You, O LORD,are in the midstof thispeople,for You, O LORD,are seeneyeto eye,while Your cloudstandsoverthem; and You gobeforethem in a pillarof cloudby dayand in a pillarof fireby night.
Now when Moseswentinto the tentof meetingto speakwith Him, he heardthe voicespeakingto him from abovethe mercyseatthat was on the arkof the testimony,from betweenthe twocherubim,so He spoketo him.
[This was] to fulfillwhatwas spokenthroughthe prophet:"I WILL OPENMY MOUTHIN PARABLES;I WILL UTTERTHINGS HIDDENSINCETHE FOUNDATIONOF THE WORLD."
"The one who listensto you listensto Me, and the one who rejectsyou rejectsMe; and he who rejectsMe rejectsthe One who sentMe."
No onehas seenGodat any time;the only begottenGodwho is in the bosomof the Father,He has explained[Him].
"No longerdo I callyou slaves,for the slavedoes not knowwhathis masteris doing;but I have calledyou friends,for all thingsthat I have heardfrom My FatherI have made knownto you.
"IfI had not doneamongthem the workswhichno oneelsedid,they would not havesin;but nowthey have bothseenand hatedMe and My Fatheras well.
For nowwe seein a mirrordimly,but thenfaceto face;nowI knowin part,but thenI will knowfullyjustas I alsohave been fully known.
But we all,with unveiledface,beholding as in a mirrorthe gloryof the Lord,are being transformedinto the sameimagefrom gloryto glory,justas from the Lord,the Spirit.
"The LORDyour Godwill raiseup for you a prophetlikeme from amongyou, from your countrymen,you shall listento him.
Sincethat timenoprophethas risenin Israellike Moses,whomthe LORDknewfaceto face,
"So watchyourselvescarefully,sinceyou did not seeanyformon the daythe LORDspoketo you at Horebfrom the midstof the fire,
You shall not makefor yourself an idol,[or] anylikeness[of] whatis in heavenaboveor on the earthbeneathor in the waterunderthe earth.
He is the imageof the invisibleGod,the firstbornof allcreation.
So,he who rejects[this] is not rejectingmanbut the Godwho givesHis HolySpiritto you.
who alonepossessesimmortalityand dwellsin unapproachablelight,whomnomanhas seenorcansee.To Him [be] honorand eternaldominion!Amen.
God,after He spokelong agoto the fathersin the prophetsin many portionsand in many ways,
And He is the radianceof His gloryand the exact representationof His nature,and upholdsall thingsby the wordof His power.When He had madepurificationof sins,He sat downat the right handof the Majestyon high,
and especiallythosewho indulgethe fleshin [its] corruptdesiresand despiseauthority.Daring,self-willed,they do not tremblewhen they revileangelic majesties,
Yetin the same waythese men,alsoby dreaming,defilethe flesh,and rejectauthority,and revileangelic majesties.
