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Exodus 34:29

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When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mountain, Moses didn’t know that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.

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Exodus 34:29 in other translations

And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.

Exodus 34:29 · American Standard Version

Exodus 34:29 in context

  1. 27Yahweh said to Moses, “Write these words; for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
  2. 28He was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
  3. 29When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mountain, Moses didn’t know that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.
  4. 30When Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him.
  5. 31Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them.