Num 14:14 | NET2full | STEP | then they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land . They have heard that you , Lord , are among this people , that you , Lord , are seen face to face , that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them by day in a pillar of cloud and in a pillar of fire by night .

‏ Numbers 14:14

14 then they will tell it to the inhabitants ^{▼▼tn The singular participle is to be taken here as a collective, representing all the inhabitants of the land.} of this land. They have heard that you, Lord, are among this people, that you, Lord, are seen face to face, ^{▼▼tn “Face-to-face” is literally “eye to eye.” It only occurs elsewhere in Isa 52:8. This expresses the closest communication possible.} that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them by day in a pillar of cloud and in a pillar of fire by night.