After Moses had gone in, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the door of the Tent, and the LORD would speak to Moses from the cloud.

Jacob said, "I have seen God face-to-face, and I am still alive"; so he named the place Peniel.

So I speak to him face-to-face, clearly and not in riddles; he has even seen my form! How dare you speak against my servant Moses?"

There on the mountain the LORD spoke to you face-to-face from the fire.

There has never been a prophet in Israel like Moses; the LORD spoke with him face-to-face.

You are our God. When your people Israel moved into this land, you drove out the people who were living here and gave the land to the descendants of Abraham, your friend, to be theirs forever.

I want someone to plead with God for me, as one pleads for a friend.

"I alone am the LORD your God. No other god may share my glory; I will not let idols share my praise.

The bridegroom is the one to whom the bride belongs; but the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens, is glad when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This is how my own happiness is made complete.

Jesus said this and then added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I will go and wake him up."

And you are my friends if you do what I command you.

I do not call you servants any longer, because servants do not know what their master is doing. Instead, I call you friends, because I have told you everything I heard from my Father.

And the scripture came true that said, "Abraham believed God, and because of his faith God accepted him as righteous." And so Abraham was called God's friend.

Moses said to Joshua, "Pick out some men to go and fight the Amalekites tomorrow. I will stand on top of the hill holding the stick that God told me to carry."

Moses and his helper Joshua got ready, and Moses began to go up the holy mountain.

Joshua heard the people shouting and said to Moses, "I hear the sound of battle in the camp."