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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 5:4/אבן עזרא על דברים ה׳:ד׳

אפנים בפנים. בלא אמצעי והטעם כאשר ישמיע המשמיע קולו לאחר ופניו אל פניו ואם לא יראנו:

1FACE TO FACE. Without an intermediary.¹⁰ This means I spoke to you, although you did not see Me. The metaphor used in our verse is that of a person who speaks to another person face to face even though the person being spoken to does not see that speaker.¹¹