Numbers 12:8

I speak with him directly,
openly, and not in riddles;
he sees the form of the Lord.


So why were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

Deuteronomy 34:10

No prophet has arisen again in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face.

Exodus 24:10-11

and they saw the God of Israel. Beneath His feet was something like a pavement made of sapphire stone, as clear as the sky itself.

Exodus 33:11

The Lord spoke with Moses face to face, just as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his assistant, the young man Joshua son of Nun, would not leave the inside of the tent.

Exodus 33:23

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

Psalm 49:4

I turn my ear to a proverb;
I explain my riddle with a lyre.

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see indistinctly, as in a mirror,
but then face to face.
Now I know in part,
but then I will know fully,
as I am fully known.

Exodus 20:4

Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters under the earth.

Exodus 33:19

He said, “I will cause all My goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim the name Yahweh before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”

Exodus 34:5-7

The Lord came down in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name Yahweh.

Exodus 34:30

When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone! They were afraid to come near him.

Numbers 14:14

They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, Lord, are among these people, how You, Lord, are seen face to face, how Your cloud stands over them, and how You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

Deuteronomy 4:15

“For your own good, be extremely careful—because you did not see any form on the day the Lord spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb—

Psalm 17:15

But I will see Your face in righteousness;
when I awake, I will be satisfied with Your presence.

Isaiah 40:18

Who will you compare God with?
What likeness will you compare Him to?

Isaiah 46:5

“Who will you compare Me or make Me equal to?
Who will you measure Me with,
so that we should be like each other?

Ezekiel 17:2

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

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “Oh, Lord God, they are saying of me, ‘Isn’t he just posing riddles?’”

Matthew 13:35

so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

I will open My mouth in parables;
I will declare things kept secret
from the foundation of the world.

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.”

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God.
The One and Only Son
the One who is at the Father’s side
He has revealed Him.

John 14:7-10

“If you know Me, you will also know My Father. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”

John 15:15

I do not call you slaves anymore, because a slave doesn’t know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from My Father.

John 15:24

If I had not done the works among them that no one else has done, they would not have sin. Now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.

2 Corinthians 3:18

We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:4-6

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

Colossians 1:15

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

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Therefore, the person who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who also gives you His Holy Spirit.

1 Timothy 6:16

the only One who has immortality,
dwelling in unapproachable light;
no one has seen or can see Him,
to Him be honor and eternal might.
Amen.

Hebrews 1:3

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

2 Peter 2:10

especially those who follow the polluting desires of the flesh and despise authority.

Bold, arrogant people! They do not tremble when they blaspheme the glorious ones;

Jude 1:8

Nevertheless, these dreamers likewise defile their flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme glorious ones.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

General references

Bible References

Mouth

Numbers 14:14
They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, Lord, are among these people, how You, Lord, are seen face to face, how Your cloud stands over them, and how You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.
Exodus 33:11
The Lord spoke with Moses face to face, just as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his assistant, the young man Joshua son of Nun, would not leave the inside of the tent.
Deuteronomy 34:10
No prophet has arisen again in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face.
1 Timothy 6:16
the only One who has immortality,
dwelling in unapproachable light;
no one has seen or can see Him,
to Him be honor and eternal might.
Amen.

Dark speeches

Psalm 49:4
I turn my ear to a proverb;
I explain my riddle with a lyre.
Ezekiel 17:2
“Son of man, pose a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, “Oh, Lord God, they are saying of me, ‘Isn’t he just posing riddles?’”
Matthew 13:35
so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

I will open My mouth in parables;
I will declare things kept secret
from the foundation of the world.
John 15:15
I do not call you slaves anymore, because a slave doesn’t know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from My Father.
1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see indistinctly, as in a mirror,
but then face to face.
Now I know in part,
but then I will know fully,
as I am fully known.

Similitude

Exodus 24:10
and they saw the God of Israel. Beneath His feet was something like a pavement made of sapphire stone, as clear as the sky itself.
Exodus 33:19
He said, “I will cause all My goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim the name Yahweh before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”
Exodus 34:5
The Lord came down in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name Yahweh.
Deuteronomy 4:15
“For your own good, be extremely careful—because you did not see any form on the day the Lord spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb—
Isaiah 40:18
Who will you compare God with?
What likeness will you compare Him to?
Isaiah 46:5
“Who will you compare Me or make Me equal to?
Who will you measure Me with,
so that we should be like each other?
John 1:18
No one has ever seen God.
The One and Only Son
the One who is at the Father’s side
He has revealed Him.
John 14:7
“If you know Me, you will also know My Father. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”
John 15:24
If I had not done the works among them that no one else has done, they would not have sin. Now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.
2 Corinthians 3:18
We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 4:4
In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Colossians 1:15
He 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 expression of His nature, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After making purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Were ye

Exodus 34:30
When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone! They were afraid to come near 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
Therefore, the person who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who also gives you His Holy Spirit.
2 Peter 2:10
especially those who follow the polluting desires of the flesh and despise authority.

Bold, arrogant people! They do not tremble when they blaspheme the glorious ones;
Jude 1:8
Nevertheless, these dreamers likewise defile their flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme glorious ones.

General references

Genesis 17:22
When He finished talking with him, God withdrew from Abraham.
Deuteronomy 5:4
The Lord spoke to you face to face from the fire on the mountain.

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