GOD. Hebrew El. App-4. Because "the living", in contrast with idols.
When shall I come, &c. Figures of speech Interjectio, Erotesis, and Apostrophe.App-6.
appear before God = see the face of God. So it is in some codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, and Syriac. See notes on Exo_23:15; Exo_34:20.