Numbers 12:8 (WEB)
With him, I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see the LORD’s form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?”
Catechism · 1
“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.
Fathers and councils · 7
Irenaeus of Lyons
“And the Word spake to Moses, appearing before him, “just as any one might speak to his friend.”” — editor's note: Num. xii. 8.
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Tertullian
“…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.
Read the whole comment“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.
Read the whole comment“…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.
Read the whole comment“…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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Theodoret of Cyrus
“And of the lawgiver Moses it is related that “The Lord spake to Moses face to face as a man speaketh unto his friend,” and the God of the universe Himself said, “With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently and not in dark speeches.”” — editor's note: Numbers xii. 8
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Basil the Great
“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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Cross-references · 11
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 14.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 14.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 14.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 14.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 14.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 14.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 14.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 14.
Cited together in Catechism §2576 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 14.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 14.