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the Lord said: Now listen to my words:

If there are prophets among you,
    in visions I reveal myself to them,
    in dreams I speak to them;
Not so with my servant Moses!
Throughout my house he is worthy of trust:[a](A)
    face to face I speak to him,(B)
    plainly and not in riddles.
The likeness of the Lord he beholds.

Why, then, do you not fear to speak against my servant Moses?

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Footnotes

  1. 12:7 Worthy of trust: the text is open to a variety of interpretations. Thus, the word of Moses may be relied upon by Israel because God speaks to him directly; or, Moses alone is worthy of God’s trust in God’s household (heavenly or earthly). An alternative translation, however, is: “with all my house he is entrusted.”

he said, “Listen to my words:

“When there is a prophet among you,
    I, the Lord, reveal(A) myself to them in visions,(B)
    I speak to them in dreams.(C)
But this is not true of my servant Moses;(D)
    he is faithful in all my house.(E)
With him I speak face to face,
    clearly and not in riddles;(F)
    he sees the form of the Lord.(G)
Why then were you not afraid
    to speak against my servant Moses?”(H)

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