Numbers 12:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?””
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“I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”
King James Version · Public Domain“with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the form of Jehovah shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“mouth unto mouth I speak with him, and <FI>by<Fi> an appearance, and not in riddles; and the form of Jehovah he beholdeth attentively; and wherefore have ye not been afraid to speak against My servant--against Moses?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 12:8 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 19:19And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.
- Exodus 20:4You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
- Exodus 24:10and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
- Exodus 33:11Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.
- Exodus 33:19“I will cause all My goodness to pass before you,” the LORD replied, “and I will proclaim My name—the LORD—in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
- Exodus 33:23Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”
- Exodus 34:5And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
- Exodus 34:6Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
- Exodus 34:30Aaron and all the Israelites looked at Moses, and behold, his face was radiant. And they were afraid to approach him.
- Numbers 7:89When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony. Thus the LORD spoke to him.
- Numbers 14:14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
- Deuteronomy 4:15So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful
- Deuteronomy 18:15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
- Deuteronomy 34:10Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—
- Psalms 17:15As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
- Psalms 49:4I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
- Isaiah 40:18To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
- Isaiah 46:5To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
- Ezekiel 17:2“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel
- Ezekiel 20:49Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
- Matthew 13:35So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
- Luke 10:16Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
- John 1:18No 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 14:7If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”
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