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The Lord[a] said, “Hear now my words: If there is a prophet among you,[b] I the Lord[c] will make myself known to him in a vision; I will speak with him in a dream.

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  1. Numbers 12:6 tn Heb “he.”
  2. Numbers 12:6 tn The form of this construction is rare: נְבִיאֲכֶם (neviʾakhem) would normally be rendered “your prophet.” The singular noun is suffixed with a plural pronominal suffix. Some commentators think the MT has condensed “a prophet” with “to you.”
  3. Numbers 12:6 tn The Hebrew syntax is difficult here. “The Lord” is separated from the verb by two intervening prepositional phrases. Some scholars conclude that this word belongs with the verb at the beginning of v. 6 (“And the Lord spoke”).