Numbers 12:8

God speaks with Moses face to face, plainly, so opposing him is a grave offense. Moses' unique intimacy with God vindicates his authority.

Cross-references · 31

• Deut 34:10Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—
• 1 Cor 13:12Now 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.
• Exod 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.
• Exod 33:23Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”
• Luke 10:16Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
• Exod 24:10–11and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
• 2 Cor 4:4–6The 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.
• John 15:15No 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.
• John 14:7–10If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”
• 2 Pet 2:10Such 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.
• 1 Th 4:8Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
• Jude 1:8Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.
• 2 Cor 3:18And 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.
• John 15:24If 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.
• Heb 1:3The 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.
• 1 Tim 6:16He 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.
• Ps 17:15As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
• Isa 46:5To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
• Deut 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
• Ezek 20:49Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
• Exod 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.
• Ezek 17:2“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel
• 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.
• Exod 34:5–7And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
• Isa 40:18To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
• Ps 49:4I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
• Matt 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.”
• Num 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.
• Col 1:15The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
• Exod 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.”
• Exod 34:30Aaron and all the Israelites looked at Moses, and behold, his face was radiant. And they were afraid to approach him.

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