Numbers 12:6

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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.

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  • 1 Kgs 3:5 : 5 One night in Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream. God said,“Tell me what I should give you.”
  • Gen 46:2 : 2 God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said,“Jacob, Jacob!” He replied,“Here I am!”
  • Gen 31:10-11 : 10 “Once during breeding season I saw in a dream that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled, and spotted. 11 In the dream the angel of God said to me,‘Jacob!’‘Here I am!’ I replied.
  • Acts 10:11 : 11 He saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down to earth by its four corners.
  • Luke 1:11 : 11 An angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense, appeared to him.
  • Luke 1:22 : 22 When he came out, he was not able to speak to them. They realized that he had seen a vision in the holy place, because he was making signs to them and remained unable to speak.
  • Acts 22:17-18 : 17 When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance 18 and saw the Lord saying to me,‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’
  • Gen 15:1 : 1 The Cutting of the Covenant After these things the LORD’s message came to Abram in a vision:“Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance.”
  • Job 33:15 : 15 In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds.
  • Ezek 1:1 : 1 ¶ A Vision of God’s Glory In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles at the Kebar River, the heavens opened and I saw a divine vision.
  • Dan 7:1 : 1 Daniel has a Vision of Four Animals Coming up from the Sea In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had a dream filled with visions while he was lying on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream in summary fashion.
  • Dan 8:2 : 2 In this vision I saw myself in Susa the citadel, which is located in the province of Elam. In the vision I saw myself at the Ulai Canal.
  • Dan 10:8 : 8 I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from me, and my vigor disappeared; I was without energy.
  • Matt 1:20 : 20 When he had contemplated this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,“Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
  • Matt 2:12-13 : 12 After being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back by another route to their own country. 13 The Escape to Egypt After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said,“Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him.”
  • Matt 2:19 : 19 The Return to Nazareth After Herod had died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt
  • Matt 23:31 : 31 By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
  • Matt 23:34 : 34 “For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,
  • Matt 23:37 : 37 Judgment on Israel“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!
  • Dan 10:16-17 : 16 Then one who appeared to be a human being was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me,“Sir, due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength. 17 How, sir, am I able to speak with you? My strength is gone, and I am breathless.”
  • Ps 89:19 : 19 Then you spoke through a vision to your faithful followers and said:“I have placed a young hero over a warrior; I have raised up a young man from the people.
  • Ps 105:15 : 15 saying,“Don’t touch my chosen ones! Don’t harm my prophets!”
  • Jer 23:28 : 28 Let the prophet who has had a dream go ahead and tell his dream. Let the person who has received my message report that message faithfully. What is like straw cannot compare to what is like grain! I, the LORD, affirm it!
  • Gen 20:7 : 7 But now give back the man’s wife. Indeed he is a prophet and he will pray for you; thus you will live. But if you don’t give her back, know that you will surely die along with all who belong to you.”
  • Exod 7:1 : 1 So the LORD said to Moses,“See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.
  • Eph 4:11 : 11 And he himself gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,
  • Rev 11:3 : 3 And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.”
  • Rev 11:10 : 10 And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate, even sending gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.
  • Luke 20:6 : 6 But if we say,‘From people,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
  • Job 4:13 : 13 In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men,
  • Acts 10:17 : 17 Now while Peter was puzzling over what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon’s house was and approached the gate.

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  • Deut 13:1-3
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    78%

    1Suppose a prophet or one who foretells by dreams should appear among you and show you a sign or wonder,

    2and the sign or wonder should come to pass concerning what he said to you, namely,“Let us follow other gods”– gods whom you have not previously known–“and let us serve them.”

    3You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, for the LORD your God will be testing you to see if you love him with all your mind and being.

  • Gen 37:6
    75%

    6He said to them,“Listen to this dream I had:

  • Jer 23:25
    74%

    25The LORD says,“I have heard what those prophets who are prophesying lies in my name are saying. They are saying,‘I have had a dream! I have had a dream!’

  • Deut 18:17-19
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    74%

    17The LORD then said to me,“What they have said is good.

    18I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.

    19I will personally hold responsible anyone who then pays no attention to the words that prophet speaks in my name.

  • Num 12:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7My servant Moses is not like this; he is faithful in all my house.

    8With 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?”

  • Num 12:5
    73%

    5And the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent; he then called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward.

  • Ezek 6:1
    73%

    1Judgment on the Mountains of Israel The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Job 33:15
    73%

    15In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds.

  • Hos 12:10
    73%

    10I spoke to the prophets; I myself revealed many visions; I spoke in parables through the prophets.”

  • Exod 6:2
    72%

    2God spoke to Moses and said to him,“I am the LORD.

  • Deut 18:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21Now if you say to yourselves,‘How can we tell that a message is not from the LORD?’–

    22whenever a prophet speaks in my name and the prediction is not fulfilled, then I have not spoken it; the prophet has presumed to speak it, so you need not fear him.”

  • Jer 23:28
    72%

    28Let the prophet who has had a dream go ahead and tell his dream. Let the person who has received my message report that message faithfully. What is like straw cannot compare to what is like grain! I, the LORD, affirm it!

  • Exod 6:10
    72%

    10Then the LORD said to Moses,

  • Deut 18:15
    72%

    15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you– from your fellow Israelites; you must listen to him.

  • Lev 6:1
    72%

    1Trespass by Deception and False Oath(5:20) Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 16:11
    71%

    11and the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Lev 18:1
    71%

    1Exhortation to Obedience and Life The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Gen 46:2
    71%

    2God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said,“Jacob, Jacob!” He replied,“Here I am!”

  • Ezek 13:1
    71%

    1False Prophets Denounced Then the LORD’s message came to me:

  • Exod 6:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28The Authentication of the Word When the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

    29he said to him,“I am the LORD. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am telling you.”

  • Jer 11:6
    71%

    6The LORD said to me,“Announce all the following words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem:‘Listen to the terms of my covenant with you and carry them out!

  • Ezek 12:1
    71%

    1Previewing the Exile The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Num 6:1
    71%

    1The Nazirite Vow Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 6:22
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    22The Priestly Benediction The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Lev 17:1
    70%

    1The Slaughter of Animals The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Ezek 12:26
    70%

    26The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Acts 7:31
    70%

    31When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord,

  • Jer 23:16
    70%

    16The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says to the people of Jerusalem:“Do not listen to what those prophets are saying to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They are reporting visions of their own imaginations, not something the LORD has given them to say.

  • Exod 4:12
    70%

    12So now go, and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you must say.”

  • Acts 7:37
    70%

    37This is the Moses who said to the Israelites,‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’

  • Deut 2:17
    70%

    17the LORD said to me,

  • Deut 13:5
    70%

    5As for that prophet or dreamer, he must be executed because he encouraged rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, redeeming you from that place of slavery, and because he has tried to entice you from the way the LORD your God has commanded you to go. In this way you must purge out evil from within.

  • Hab 2:2
    70%

    2The Lord Assures Habakkuk The LORD responded:“Write down this message! Record it legibly on tablets, so the one who announces it may read it easily.

  • Exod 31:12
    70%

    12Sabbath Observance The LORD said to Moses,

  • Exod 7:1
    70%

    1So the LORD said to Moses,“See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.

  • Num 20:7
    70%

    7Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 15:1
    69%

    1Sacrificial Rulings The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Gen 31:11
    69%

    11In the dream the angel of God said to me,‘Jacob!’‘Here I am!’ I replied.

  • Ezek 17:1
    69%

    1A Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Jer 28:9
    69%

    9So if a prophet prophesied peace and prosperity, it was only known that the LORD truly sent him when what he prophesied came true.”

  • Lev 19:1
    69%

    1Religious and Social Regulations The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Zech 6:9
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    9A Concluding Oracle The LORD’s message came to me as follows:

  • Num 14:26
    69%

    26The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron: