Numbers 12:8

Hebrew Bible

6 The Lord said, “Hear now my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known to him in a vision; I will speak with him in a dream. 7 My servant Moses is not like this; he is faithful in all my house. 8 With him I will speak face to face, openly and not in riddles, and he will see the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?” 9 The anger of the Lord burned against them, and he departed. 10 After the cloud had departed from above the tent, there was Miriam, leprous like snow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and realized that she was leprous.

LXX Numbers 12:8

Septuagint

6 And he said to them, Hear my words: If there should be of you a prophet to the Lord, I will be made known to him in a vision, and in sleep will I speak to him. 7 My servant Moses is not so; he is faithful in all my house. 8 I will speak to him mouth to mouth apparently, and not in dark speeches; and he has seen the glory of the Lord; and why were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? 9 And the great anger of the Lord was upon them, and he departed. 10 And the cloud departed from the tabernacle; and, behold, Mariam was leprous, white as snow; and Aaron looked upon Mariam, and, behold, she was leprous.

 Notes and References

"... The translators generally felt free to literally render verses or words, in which God is portrayed anthropomorphically, but in the present instance, as in some others, anthropomorphic expressions were avoided. Rejecting the idea that God’s הנמת (‘humility’) can be seen, the translator introduced the idea of δόξα ('glory') ..."

Tov, Emanuel The Text-Critical use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research (p. 53) Eisenbrauns, 2015

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