10And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,
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And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. …
The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; …
And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; …
The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire, …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-12)We have here a very honourable encomium passed both on Moses and Joshua; each has his praise, and should have. It is ungrateful so to magnify our living friends as to forget the merits of those that are gone, to whose memories there is a debt of honour due: all the respect must not be paid to the rising sun; and, on the other hand, it is unjust so to cry up the merits of those that are gone as to…
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