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The Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance to the tabernacle and summoned Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward. [a]He said, “Hear now my words:

“If anyone among you is a prophet,
    I, the Lord, make myself known to him in a vision,
    I speak to him in a dream.
It is not that way with Moses,
    who is entrusted with all my household.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 12:6 The poetic form emphasizes the solemn nature of the words that single out Moses as the only prophet worthy of God’s trust.

Then the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud;(A) he stood at the entrance to the tent and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When the two of them stepped forward, he said, “Listen to my words:

“When there is a prophet among you,
    I, the Lord, reveal(B) myself to them in visions,(C)
    I speak to them in dreams.(D)
But this is not true of my servant Moses;(E)
    he is faithful in all my house.(F)

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