With him I speak face to face,
    clearly and not in riddles;(A)
    he sees the form of the Lord.(B)
Why then were you not afraid
    to speak against my servant Moses?”(C)

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I speak with him (A)face to face,
Even (B)plainly,[a] and not in [b]dark sayings;
And he sees (C)the form of the Lord.
Why then (D)were you not afraid
To speak against My servant Moses?”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 12:8 appearing
  2. Numbers 12:8 riddles

“Son of man, set forth an allegory and tell it to the Israelites as a parable.(A)

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“Son of man, pose a riddle, and speak a (A)parable to the house of Israel,

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49 Then I said, “Sovereign Lord,(A) they are saying of me, ‘Isn’t he just telling parables?(B)’”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 20:49 In Hebrew texts 20:45-49 is numbered 21:1-5.

49 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They say of me, ‘Does he not speak (A)parables?’ ”

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Tell this rebellious people(A) a parable(B) and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Put on the cooking pot;(C) put it on
    and pour water into it.

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(A)And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

(B)“Put on a pot, set it on,
And also pour water into it.

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10 I spoke to the prophets,
    gave them many visions
    and told parables(A) through them.”(B)

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10 (A)I have also spoken by the prophets,
And have multiplied visions;
I have given [a]symbols [b]through the witness of the prophets.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:10 Or parables
  2. Hosea 12:10 Lit. by the hand