Rabbi Samuel bar Nahmani said in the name of Rabbi Jonathan that Moses beheld the likeness of God in in compensation for a pious thing that Moses did. A Baraita taught in the name of Rabbi Joshua ben Korhah that God told Moses that when God wanted to be seen at the burning bush, Moses did not want to see God's face; Moses hid his face in , for he was afraid to look upon God. And then in , when Moses wanted to see God, God did not want to be seen; in , God said, "You cannot see My face." But Rabbi Samuel bar Nahmani said in the name of Rabbi Jonathan that in compensation for three pious acts that Moses did at the burning bush, he was privileged to obtain three rewards. In reward for hiding his face in , his face shone in . In reward for his fear of God in , the Israelites were afraid to come near him in . In reward for his reticence "to look upon God," he beheld the likeness of God in .