perceived

Judges 13:21
And when the Angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it was the Angel of the LORD.

because

Judges 13:22, 23
"We are going to die, " he said to his wife, "for we have seen God!" . . .

Genesis 16:13
So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: "You are the God who sees me, " for she said, "Here I have seen the One who sees me!"

Genesis 32:30
So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, "Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared."

Exodus 33:20
And He added, "You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live."

Deuteronomy 5:5, 24, 26
At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said: . . .

Isaiah 6:5-8
Then I said, "Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts." . . .

John 1:18
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father's side, has made Him known.

John 12:41
Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus' glory and spoke about Him.