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Ex. 34:29 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shoned while he talked with him.

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Matt. 17:2• ²And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. (Matt. 17:2)

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Luke 9:29• ²⁹And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. (Luke 9:29)

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Acts 6:15• ¹⁵And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. (Acts 6:15)

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2 Cor. 3:7,13• ⁷But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
¹³And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: (2 Cor. 3:7,13)

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Rev. 1:16• ¹⁶And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. (Rev. 1:16)

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Moses,

Mountain Mount,

Table,

Testimony,

To Wit; Wot, Wist

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Ministry on This Verse

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A.M. 2513.

B.C. 1491. An. Ex. Is. 1. Elul.

Two tables.

Ex. 32:15• ¹⁵And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. (Ex. 32:15)

wist.

Ex. 16:15• ¹⁵And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. (Ex. 16:15)

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Josh. 2:4• ⁴And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: (Josh. 2:4)

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Josh. 8:14• ¹⁴And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city. (Josh. 8:14)

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Judg. 16:20• ²⁰And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him. (Judg. 16:20)

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Mark 9:6• ⁶For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. (Mark 9:6)

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Mark 14:40• ⁴⁰And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him. (Mark 14:40)

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Luke 2:49• ⁴⁹And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? (Luke 2:49)

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John 5:13• ¹³And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. (John 5:13)

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Acts 12:9• ⁹And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision. (Acts 12:9)

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Acts 23:5• ⁵Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people. (Acts 23:5)

the skin.

Matt. 17:2• ²And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. (Matt. 17:2)

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Luke 9:29• ²⁹And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. (Luke 9:29)

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Acts 6:15• ¹⁵And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. (Acts 6:15)

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2 Cor. 3:7‑9,13• ⁷But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
⁸How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
⁹For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
¹³And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: (2 Cor. 3:7‑9,13)

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Rev. 1:16• ¹⁶And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. (Rev. 1:16)

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Rev. 10:1• ¹And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: (Rev. 10:1)

face shone.As the original word {karan,} signifies to shine out, or dart forth, as horns on the head of an animal, or rays of light reflected from a polished surface, we may suppose that the heavenly glory which filled the soul of this holy man, darted out from his face in coruscations, in the manner in which light is generally represented.

The Vulgate renders it, {et ignorabat quod cornuta esset facies sua,} "and he did not know that his face was horned;" which version, misunderstood, has induced painters to represent Moses with two very large horns, one proceeding from each temple!

• {v.29-30} Here it was a glory as it were external and legal, not like that of Jehovah Himself in the Person of Jesus. Thus Israel could not behold it. (“Exodus 33-34” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai—and the two tables of testimony were in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mountain—that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone through his talkinga with him.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "while he talked."