Numbers 12:8
ContextNETBible | With him I will speak face to face, 1 openly, 2 and not in riddles; and he will see the form 3 of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?” |
XREF | Ex 24:10,11; Ex 33:11; Ex 33:19,23; Ex 34:5-7; Ex 34:30; Nu 14:14; De 4:15; De 34:10; Ps 49:4; Isa 40:18; Isa 46:5; Eze 17:2; Eze 20:49; Mt 13:35; Lu 10:16; Joh 1:18; Joh 14:7-10; Joh 15:15; Joh 15:24; 1Co 13:12; 2Co 3:18; 2Co 4:4-6; Col 1:15; 1Th 4:8; 1Ti 6:16; Heb 1:3; 2Pe 2:10; Jude 1:8 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The emphasis of the line is clear enough – it begins literally “mouth to mouth” I will speak with him. In human communication this would mean equality of rank, but Moses is certainly not equal in rank with the 2 tn The word מַרְאֶה (mar’eh) refers to what is seen, a vision, an appearance. Here it would have the idea of that which is clearly visible, open, obvious. 3 tn The word “form” (תְּמוּנָה, tÿmunah) means “shape, image, form.” The Greek text took it metaphorically and rendered it “the glory of the |