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Numbers 12:7 (WEB)
My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house.

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§2576Article 1 · In the Old TestamentRead at vatican.va
“With him I speak face to face, clearly, not in riddles," for "Moses was very humble, more so than anyone else on the face of the earth."” — Catechism footnote: Num 12:3,7-8.

Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies III.6Book III
“And Moses himself, being a man of God, was indeed given as a god before Pharaoh; but he is not properly termed Lord, nor is called God by the prophets, but is spoken of by the Spirit as “Moses, the faithful minister and servant of God,” which also he was.” — editor's note: Heb. iii. 5; Num. xii. 7.
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Tertullian, Against Praxeas Chapter 14
“…dream; not as with Moses, with whom I shall speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, that is to say, in truth, and not enigmatically,” that is to say, in image; as the apostle also expresses it, “Now we see through a glass, darkly (or enigmatically), but then face to face.”” — editor's note: Num. xii. 6–8.
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Tertullian, An Answer to the Jews Chapter 9
“For He who ever spake to Moses was the Son of God Himself; who, too, was always seen.” — editor's note: Comp. Num. xii. 5–8.
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Tertullian, On Monogamy Chapter 6
“…and you have withal Joseph but once wedded, and on this score I venture to say better than his father; you have Moses, the intimate eye-witness of God; you have Aaron the chief priest.” — editor's note: Dei de proximo arbitrum. See Num. xii. 6–8; Deut. xxxiv. 10.
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Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion IV.22Book IV
“…to Moses; with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently” (that is to say, in the form of man which He was to assume), “and not in dark speeches.”” — editor's note: Num. xii. 6–8.
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Basil the Great, Hexaemeron Homily 1
“My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house, with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently and not in dark speeches.”” — editor's note: Num. xii. 6, 7, 8.
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Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters Letter 101Letters on the Apollinarian Controversy
“So Moses was a God to Pharaoh, but a servant of God, as it is written; and the stars which illumine the night are hidden by the Sun, so much that you could not even know of their existence by daylight; and a…” — editor's note: Num. xii. 7.
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Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 18
“O man of God, and faithful servant, and steward of the mysteries of God, and man of desires of the Spirit: for thus Scripture speaks of men advanced and lofty, superior to visible things.” — editor's note: Numb. xii. 7.
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Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 11
“Then afterwards great men whom we know, whom Holy Scriptures commends, Moses faithful in all his house.” — editor's note: Num. xii. 7.
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