Exodus 33:11

Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face , as a man speaks to his friend . When Moses turned again into the camp , his assistant Joshua the son of Nun , a young man , would not depart from the tent .

The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.

And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp : but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.