Exodus 33:11
The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, the way a person speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his servant, Joshua son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the tent.
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- Deut 34:10 : 10 No prophet ever again arose in Israel like Moses, who knew the LORD face to face.
- Num 12:8 : 8 With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”
- Gen 32:30 : 30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining,“Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.”
- Exod 17:9 : 9 So Moses said to Joshua,“Choose some of our men and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.”
- Exod 24:13 : 13 So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant, and Moses went up the mountain of God.
- Exod 32:17 : 17 When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses,“It is the sound of war in the camp!”
- Exod 33:9 : 9 And whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the LORD would speak with Moses.
- Deut 5:4 : 4 The LORD spoke face to face with you at the mountain, from the middle of the fire.
- 2 Chr 20:7 : 7 Our God, you drove out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave it as a permanent possession to the descendants of your friend Abraham.
- Job 16:21 : 21 and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.
- Isa 42:8 : 8 The Lord Intervenes I am the LORD! That is my name! I will not share my glory with anyone else, or the praise due me with idols.
- John 3:29 : 29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete.
- John 11:11 : 11 After he said this, he added,“Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him.”
- John 15:14-15 : 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father.
- Jas 2:23 : 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says,“Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.
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- Exod 33:8-92 verses77%
8And when Moses went out to the tent, all the people would get up and stand at the entrance to their tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent.
9And whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the LORD would speak with Moses.
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8With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”
- Deut 31:14-152 verses77%
14The Commissioning of Joshua Then the LORD said to Moses,“The day of your death is near. Summon Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting so that I can commission him.” So Moses and Joshua presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
15The LORD appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud that stood above the door of the tent.
- Exod 34:34-352 verses75%
34But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he came out. Then he would come out and tell the Israelites what he had been commanded.
35When the Israelites would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone, Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with the LORD.
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12Moses said to the LORD,“See, you have been saying to me,‘Bring this people up,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. But you said,‘I know you by name, and also you have found favor in my sight.’
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13So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant, and Moses went up the mountain of God.
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50At the Border of Canaan The LORD spoke to Moses in the rift valley plains of Moab along the Jordan, across from Jericho. He said:
- Num 11:27-282 verses73%
27And a young man ran and told Moses,“Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!”
28Joshua son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his choice young men, said,“My lord Moses, stop them!”
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13Moses said to the LORD,“When the Egyptians hear it– for you brought up this people by your power from among them–
14then they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, LORD, are among this people, that you, LORD, are seen face to face, that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them by day in a pillar of cloud and in a pillar of fire by night.
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10No prophet ever again arose in Israel like Moses, who knew the LORD face to face.
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11and the LORD spoke to Moses:
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1¶ The Lord Commissions Joshua After Moses the LORD’s servant died, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant:
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3Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain,“Thus you will tell the house of Jacob, and declare to the people of Israel:
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31When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord,
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16Appointed Officials The LORD said to Moses:
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4The LORD spoke face to face with you at the mountain, from the middle of the fire.
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44The LORD spoke to Moses:
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15Then Moses spoke to the LORD:
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6Moses Responds So Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting. They then threw themselves down with their faces to the ground, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.
7Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
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1The Midianite War The LORD spoke to Moses:
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15The LORD told Joshua,
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17Rules for First Fruits The LORD spoke to Moses:
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22So Moses did as the LORD commanded him; he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community.
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1The Slaughter of Animals The LORD spoke to Moses:
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1The Victory at the Red Sea The LORD spoke to Moses:
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29The Radiant Face of Moses Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand– when he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
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13Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
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1Religious and Social Regulations The LORD spoke to Moses:
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48Instructions about Moses’ Death Then the LORD said to Moses that same day,
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30Then Moses returned to the camp along with the elders of Israel.
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26The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:
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1Exhortation to Obedience and Life The LORD spoke to Moses:
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10The Aftermath The LORD spoke to Moses:
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18The LORD replied to Moses,“Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him;
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22The Altar The LORD said to Moses:“Thus you will tell the Israelites:‘You yourselves have seen that I have spoken with you from heaven.
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23So the LORD spoke to Moses:
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2Moses alone may come near the LORD, but the others must not come near, nor may the people go up with him.”
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16Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
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21The Service of the Gershonites Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
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9The LORD said to Moses,“I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe in you.” And Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.
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31But Moses called to them, so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and Moses spoke to them.
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10Then the LORD said to Moses,