27 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write (A)these words, for according to the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” 28 (B)So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And (C)He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the [a]Ten Commandments.

The Shining Face of Moses

29 Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the (D)two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses’ hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that (E)the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 34:28 Lit. Ten Words

27 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write(A) down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant(B) with you and with Israel.” 28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights(C) without eating bread or drinking water.(D) And he wrote on the tablets(E) the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.(F)

The Radiant Face of Moses

29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai(G) with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands,(H) he was not aware that his face was radiant(I) because he had spoken with the Lord.

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