Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Exodus 33:11

And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

KJV

Loquebatur autem Dominus ad Moysen facie ad faciem, sicut solet loqui homo ad amicum suum. Cumque ille reverteretur in castra, minister ejus Josue filius Nun, puer, non recedebat de tabernaculo.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐλάλησεν Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν ἐνώπιος ἐνωπίῳ, ὡς εἴ τις λαλήσει πρὸς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ φίλον· καὶ ἀπελύετο εἰς τὴν παρεμβολήν· ὁ δὲ θεράπων Ἰησοῦς υἱὸς Ναυὴ νέος οὐκ ἐξεπορεύετο ἐκ τῆς σκηνῆς.

LXX

And Jehovah spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his minister Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the Tent.

ASV

וְ/דִבֶּ֨ר יְהוָ֤ה אֶל מֹשֶׁה֙ פָּנִ֣ים אֶל פָּנִ֔ים כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֛ר יְדַבֵּ֥ר אִ֖ישׁ אֶל רֵעֵ֑/הוּ וְ/שָׁב֙ אֶל הַֽ/מַּחֲנֶ֔ה וּ/מְשָׁ֨רְת֜/וֹ יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ בִּן נוּן֙ נַ֔עַר לֹ֥א יָמִ֖ישׁ מִ/תּ֥וֹךְ הָ/אֹֽהֶל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֹ֣הֶל
'hl
noun · 344×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
וֹ
v
verb · 97×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ
yhvsh'
proper_noun · 218×
יָמִ֖ישׁ
ymysh
verb · 21×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מַחֲנֵ֣ה
mchnh
noun · 216×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
נַּ֖עַר
n'r
noun · 239×
נֽוּן
nvn
proper_noun · 30×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§142By his Revelation, "the invisible God, from the fullness of his love, addresses men as his friends, and moves among them, in order to invite and receive them into his own company."1 The adequate response to this invitation is faith.
§2576"Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend."21 Moses' prayer is characteristic of contemplative prayer by which God's servant remains faithful to his mission. Moses converses with God often and at length, climbing the mountain to hear and entreat him and coming down to the people to repeat the words of his God for their guidance. Moses "is…
The division of prophecy into its species Is the more excellent prophecy that which is without imaginative vision? The various degrees of prophecy Was Moses the greatest of the prophets? Can a comprehensor be a prophet? Did prophecy advance in perfection as time went on? Article 1. Whether prophecy is fittingly divided into the prophecy of divine predestination, of foreknowledg…
And the same sentiment was expressed, my friends, by the word of God written by Moses, when it indicated that He who appeared to Abraham in vision told him that He had done so, when He said, 'God went up from Abraham.' See Gen. xvii. 22. For neither did the Father of the universe leave His super-celestial dwelling-place, neither did He come Himself into the region of the earth.…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 13:12 — For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
  • 2Chr 20:7 — Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
  • 2Pet 3:9 — The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
  • Deut 5:4 — The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
  • Deut 5:4 — The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
  • Deut 34:10 — And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,
  • Deut 34:10 — And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,
  • Exod 17:9 — And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
  • Exod 24:13 — And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
  • Exod 24:13 — And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
  • Exod 32:17 — And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
  • Exod 33:9 — And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.
  • Gen 32:30 — And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
  • Isa 42:8 — I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
  • Jas 2:23 — And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
  • Jas 2:23 — And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
  • Job 16:21 — O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
  • John 3:29 — He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
  • John 11:11 — These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
  • John 11:11 — These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
  • John 15:14 — Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
  • Num 12:8 — 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?
  • Num 12:8 — 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?
  • Num 14:14 — And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that t