Exodus 33:20-23

MKJV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁰ And He said, You cannot see My face. For there no man can see Me and live. ²¹ And Jehovah said, Behold! There is a place by Me, and you shall stand upon a rock. ²² And it will be, while My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by. ²³ And I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back parts. But My face shall not be seen.

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Thou canst not.This is well explained by Rabbi Jehudah, in Sepher Cosri, (P. iv. 3.) "Of that divine glory mentioned in the Scripture, there is one degree which the eyes of the prophets were able to explore; another which all the Israelites saw, as the cloud and consuming fire; the third is so bright, and so dazzling, that no mortal is able to comprehend it; but should anyone venture to look on it, his whole frame would be dissolved." In such inconceivable splendour is the Divine Majesty revealed to the inhabitants of the celestial world, where he is said to "dwell in the light which no man can approach unto." (1 Ti 6:16.) By the "face of God," therefore, we are to understand that light inaccessible before which angels may stand, but which would be so insufferable to mortal eyes, that no man could see it and live.
Exodus 24:10; Genesis 32:30; Deuteronomy 5:24; Judges 6:22; Judges 13:22; Isaiah 6:5; John 1:18
1 Timothy 6:16; Hebrews 1:13; Revelation 1:16; Revelation 1:17