Numbers 14:14

God's Judgment Of Israel's Rebellion

¹³ But Moses replied to the Lord, “The Egyptians will hear about it, for by Your strength You brought up this people from them. ¹⁴ They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, Lord, are among these people, how You, Lord, are seen face to face, how Your cloud stands over them, and how You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night. ¹⁵ If You kill this people with a single blow, the nations that have heard of Your fame will declare,

Face to Face

Pillar of Cloud

Pillar of Fire

Israel

Jehovah

Exodus 15:14

When the peoples hear, they will shudder;
anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia.

Genesis 32:30

Jacob then named the place Peniel, “For I have seen God face to face,” he said, “and I have been delivered.”

Exodus 33:11

The Lord spoke with Moses face to face, just as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his assistant, the young man Joshua son of Nun, would not leave the inside of the tent.

Deuteronomy 5:4

The Lord spoke to you face to face from the fire on the mountain.

Joshua 2:9-10

and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and everyone who lives in the land is panicking because of you.

Joshua 5:1

When all the Amorite kings across the Jordan to the west and all the Canaanite kings near the sea heard how the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, they lost heart and their courage failed because of the Israelites.

John 1:18

No one has ever seen God.
The One and Only Son—
the One who is at the Father’s side—
He has revealed Him.

Exodus 13:21-22

The Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to lead them on their way during the day and in a pillar of fire to give them light at night, so that they could travel day or night.

Exodus 40:38

For the cloud of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and there was a fire inside the cloud by night, visible to the entire house of Israel throughout all the stages of their journey.

Numbers 9:15-21

On the day the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and it appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.

Numbers 10:34

Meanwhile, the cloud of the Lord was over them by day when they set out from the camp.

Numbers 12:8

I speak with him directly,
openly, and not in riddles;
he sees the form of the Lord.

So why were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

Deuteronomy 34:10

No prophet has arisen again in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face.

Nehemiah 9:12

You led them with a pillar of cloud by day,
and with a pillar of fire by night,
to illuminate the way they should go.

Nehemiah 9:19

You did not abandon them in the wilderness
because of Your great compassion.
During the day the pillar of cloud
never turned away from them,
guiding them on their journey.
And during the night the pillar of fire
illuminated the way they should go.

Psalm 78:14

He led them with a cloud by day
and with a fiery light throughout the night.

Psalm 105:39

He spread a cloud as a covering
and gave a fire to light up the night.

John 14:9

Jesus said to him, “Have I been among you all this time without your knowing Me, Philip? The one who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see indistinctly, as in a mirror,
but then face to face.
Now I know in part,
but then I will know fully,
as I am fully known.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him because we will see Him as He is.