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Ramban on Exodus 10:29/רמב"ן על שמות י׳:כ״ט
אלֹא אֹסִף עוֹד רְאוֹת פָּנֶיךָ פַּעַם אַחֶרֶת אַחֲרֵי צֵאתִי, כִּי בְּמַכַּת הַבְּכוֹרוֹת לֹא רָאָהוּ, כִּי טַעַם "וַיִּקְרָא לְמֹשֶׁה וּלְאַהֲרֹן" (שמות י"ב:ל"א), שֶׁהָלַךְ עַד פֶּתַח בֵּיתָם וְצָעַק בַּחֹשֶׁךְ "קוּמוּ צְּאוּ מִתּוֹךְ עַמִּי" (שם). אוֹ שֶׁשָּׁלַח לָהֶם עַל יַד הַמִּצְרִים שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בָּהֶם (שם לג) "וַתֶּחֱזַק מִצְרַיִם עַל הָעָם לְמַהֵר לְשַׁלְּחָם מִן הָאָרֶץ". וְיִתָּכֵן שֶׁיֹּאמַר לֹא אֹסִף עוֹד רְאוֹת פָּנֶיךָ, בְּהֵיכָלְךָ, שֶׁלֹּא אָבֹא עוֹד אֲנִי אֵלֶיךָ, וְכָךְ אָמְרוּ בְּאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת רַבָּה, יָפֶה אָמַרְתָּ, אַל תֹּסֶף רְאוֹת פָּנַי עוֹד, אֵינִי בָּא אֶצְלְךָ, אַתָּה בָּא אֶצְלִי:
1AND MOSES SAID: THOU HAST SPOKEN WELL; I WILL NOT SEE THY FACE AGAIN ANY MORE. That is, “I will not see you again after I leave you.” After the plague of the firstborn, Moses did not see Pharaoh. The meaning of the verse, And he called for Moses and Aaron,70 is [not that he called them to come to see him, but instead] that he himself went to the entrance of their home and shouted in the darkness, Rise up, get you forth from among my people.70 Perhaps he sent the message to them by Egyptians, of whom it is said, And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people to send them out of the land in haste.71, Verse 33.It is possible that the verse, I will not see thy face again any more, means “in your palace,” namely, “I will not come to you any more.” And so the Rabbis have said in Eileh Shemoth Rabbah:72 “You have spoken well in saying, See my face no more.73 I will not come to you again; you will come to me.”74