Numbers 12:8 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 12:8

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?”

BSB

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ASV

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?

KJV

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?

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Commentary

3 voices

Bonaventure

Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 9 (1257)

The purely intellectual vision existed in the minds of the angels and of the Lawmaker. Moses was raised up to this vision more completely than any other prophet, for it is written: Should there be a prophet among you, in visions will I reveal Myself …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Dark speeches - Not in parables, similitudes, dark resemblances; as by shewing a boiling pot, an almond tree, &c. to Jeremiah, a chariot with wheels, &c. to Ezekiel. The similitude - Not the face or essence of God, which no man can see and live, Exod. xxxiii, 20, but some singular manifestation of his glorious presence, as Exod. xxxiii, 11, 20.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Joh 1:18); but some unmistakable evidence of His glorious presence (Ex 33:2; The latter clause should have been conjoined with the preceding one, thus: "not in dark speeches, and in a figure shall he behold the Lord." The slight change in the punctuation removes all appearance of contradiction to De 4:15.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
פֶּ֣ה	peh	mouth	H6310 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
פֶּ֞ה	peh	mouth	H6310 →
אֲדַבֶּר־	'a.da.ber-	I speak	H1696 →
בּ֗וֹ	bo	with <the> him
וּמַרְאֶה֙	u.mar.'Eh	and a vision	H4758 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
בְחִידֹ֔ת	ve.chi.Dot	by riddles	H2420 →
וּתְמֻנַ֥ת	u.te.mu.Nat	and [the] form of	H8544 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
יַבִּ֑יט	ya.Bit	he sees	H5027 →
וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙	u.ma.Du.a'	and why?	H4069 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יְרֵאתֶ֔ם	ye.re.Tem	were you afraid	H3372 →
לְדַבֵּ֖ר	le.da.Ber	to speak	H1696 →
בְּעַבְדִּ֥י	be.'av.Di	against servant my	H5650 →
בְמֹשֶֽׁה׃	ve.mo.Sheh	against Moses	H4872 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 13:12
Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
leads to
- 1 John 3:2
  Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as…
- 2 Corinthians 3:18
  And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 13:9–10
  For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
- Philippians 3:12
  Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
- Revelation 22:4
  They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.
Through
Luke 10:16
Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
leads to
- John 13:20
  Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.”
- 1 Thessalonians 4:8
  Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
Through
Exodus 33:11
Thus 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…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 34:10
  Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—

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Where the connections lead

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06About Numbers

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Numbers