Bilangan 14:14

14:14 then they will tell it to the inhabitants ¹  of this land. They have heard that you, Lord, are among this people, that you, Lord, are seen face to face, ²  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.

Keluaran 33:11

33:11 The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, ³  the way a person speaks ⁴  to a friend. Then Moses ⁵  would return to the camp, but his servant, Joshua son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the tent. ⁶ 

Ulangan 34:10

34:10 No prophet ever again arose in Israel like Moses, who knew the Lord face to face. ⁷ 

Ulangan 34:1

The Death of Moses

34:1 Then Moses ascended from the deserts of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the summit of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. ⁸  The Lord showed him the whole land – Gilead to Dan,

Titus 1:16

1:16 They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

[14:14]  ¹ tn The singular participle is to be taken here as a collective, representing all the inhabitants of the land.

[14:14]  ² tn “Face to face” is literally “eye to eye.” It only occurs elsewhere in Isa 52:8. This expresses the closest communication possible.

[33:11]  ³ tn “Face to face” is circumstantial to the action of the verb, explaining how they spoke (see GKC 489-90 §156.c). The point of this note of friendly relationship with Moses is that Moses was “at home” in this tent speaking with God. Moses would derive courage from this when he interceded for the people (B. Jacob, Exodus, 966).

[33:11]  ⁴ tn The verb in this clause is a progressive imperfect.

[33:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Moses) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:11]  ⁶ sn Moses did not live in the tent. But Joshua remained there most of the time to guard the tent, it seems, lest any of the people approach it out of curiosity.

[34:10]  ⁷ sn See Num 12:8; Deut 18:15-18.

[34:1]  ⁸ sn For the geography involved, see note on the term “Pisgah” in Deut 3:17.

[34:1]  map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.