How God Speaks to Prophets Other Than Moses by Night

Midrash Aggadah, Numbers 12:6

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

"If there be a prophet among you, the Lord make Myself known unto him in a vision, I do speak with him in a dream" (Numbers 12:6). He does not speak with him by day, but at night and in a dream. And it is not made known to him in a vision that he is seeing Me; rather, it appears to him as if he sees Me, yet he does not see Me, but only as one who is dreaming, and it appears to him that he is dreaming.

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ProphecyDivine Revelation

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