The Shining Face of Moses

Exodus 34

²⁹ When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with _u the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face _v shone because he had been talking with God. ₁ ³⁰ Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face _w shone, and they were afraid to come near him. ³¹ But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them. ³² Afterward all the people of Israel came near, and he _x commanded them all that the Lord had spoken with him in Mount Sinai. ³³ And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a _y veil over his face.

³⁴ Whenever Moses _z went in before the Lord to speak with him, he would remove the veil, until he came out. And when he came out and told the people of Israel what he was commanded, ³⁵ the people of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face was _a shining. And Moses would put the veil over his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

1. Cross References
   Exodus 32:15
   Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets that were written on both sides; on the front and on the back they were written.
   
2. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 3:7
   Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at Moses' face because of its glory, which was being brought to an end.
   Matthew 17:2
   And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.
   
3. Cross References
   Exodus 34:29
   When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.
   
4. Cross References
   Exodus 24:3
   Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and all the rules. And all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words that the Lord has spoken we will do.
   
5. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 3:13
   Not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end.
   
6. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 3:16
   But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
   
7. Cross References
   Exodus 34:29
   When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.
   

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