28 (A)So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And (B)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 (C)two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses’ hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that (D)the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him. 30 So when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 34:28 Lit. Ten Words

28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights(A) without eating bread or drinking water.(B) And he wrote on the tablets(C) the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.(D)

The Radiant Face of Moses

29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai(E) with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands,(F) he was not aware that his face was radiant(G) because he had spoken with the Lord. 30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him.

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