Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.”
Moses, having returned to the door of the tabernacle, becomes a humble and importunate supplicant there for two very great favours, and as a prince he has power with God, and prevails for both: herein he was a type of Christ the great intercessor, whom the Father heareth always. I.
Commenting on Exodus 33:12-23
And I will take away mine hand,.... As being covered with the hand may signify the obscurity of the former dispensation, the taking of it away may denote a more clear revelation of the grace and goodness of God in Christ, and so of the glory of it under the Gospel dispensation; and yet what is seen in this, in comparison of the reality of...
And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen. (n) As much of my glory as in this mortal life you are able to see.