“... In 13:12 Paul alludes to Numbers 12:6–8, which contrasts Moses’ prophetic experience with that of all other prophets. Whereas other prophets receive revelation through visions and dreams (12:6; compare Joel 2:28), Moses experiences the presence of the Lord face to face (stoma kata stoma), not indirectly (ou di ainigmatōn) and sees his form (LXX: ‘glory’): ‘With him I speak face to face, clearly, and not in riddles, and he beholds the form of the LORD.’ Paul says, ‘Now we see in a mirror [di esoptrou] indirectly [en ainigmati], but then face to face [prosōpon pros prosōpon]. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.’ According to Leviticus Rabbah 1:14, there was a debate regarding the difference between Moses and the other prophets based on Numbers 12:8. Both sides held that Moses, like the other prophets, saw the Lord through a mirror (reading the word for ‘appearance’ [mar’eh] in Numbers 12:8 as though it meant ‘mirror,’ another meaning of the word used for ‘vision’ [mar’â] in Numbers 12:6). Some thought that the difference was that the other prophets saw the Lord through a series of mirrors rather than just one, while others thought that Moses saw the Lord through a polished mirror while the other prophets saw him through a blurred one ...”