Numbers 12:8

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Numbers 12:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible

6 He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.

7 But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.

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?”

9 So the anger of the LORD burned against them, and He departed.

10 As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,

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Numbers 14:14

And 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.

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 leave the tent.

Deuteronomy 34:10

Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—

1 Timothy 6:16

He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.

Psalms 49:4

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:

Ezekiel 17:2

“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”

Matthew 13:35

So 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.”

John 15:15

No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.

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.

Exodus 24:10

and 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 24:11

But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.

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 33:23

Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”

Exodus 34:5

And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.

Exodus 34:6

Then 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 34:7

maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

Deuteronomy 4:15

So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful

Isaiah 40:18

To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?

Isaiah 46:5

To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?

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 14:7

If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”

John 14:8

Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

John 14:9

Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 14:10

Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.

John 15:24

If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.

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.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Colossians 1:15

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

Hebrews 1:3

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Exodus 34:30

Aaron and all the Israelites looked at Moses, and behold, his face was radiant. And they were afraid to approach him.

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.”

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.

2 Peter 2:10

Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.

Jude 1:8

Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.