It will happen, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand until I have passed by;
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It will happen, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand until I have passed by;
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
Exodus 33:11 says YHWH spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Deuteronomy 34:10 repeats that YHWH knew Moses face to face.
Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.
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"Exodus 33:22 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/exodus/33/22?version=WEB (retrieved 26 August 2026).