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Exodus 34

Ex. 34:29 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass, when Moses
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
came down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
from mount
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
Sinai
Ciynay (Hebrew #5514)
Sinai, mountain of Arabia
KJV usage: Sinai.
Pronounce: see-nah'-ee
Origin: of uncertain derivation
with the two
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
tables
luwach (Hebrew #3871)
from a primitive root; probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal
KJV usage: board, plate, table.
Pronounce: loo'-akh
Origin: or luach {loo'-akh}
of testimony
`eduwth (Hebrew #5715)
testimony
KJV usage: testimony, witness.
Pronounce: ay-dooth'
Origin: feminine of 5707
in Moses’
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
, when he came down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
from the mount
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
, that Moses
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
wist
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
not that the skin
`owr (Hebrew #5785)
skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather
KJV usage: hide, leather, skin.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 5783
of his face
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
shone
qaran (Hebrew #7160)
to push or gore; used only as denominative from 7161, to shoot out horns; figuratively, rays
KJV usage: have horns, shine.
Pronounce: kaw-ran'
Origin: a primitive root
d while he talked
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
with him.
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Matt. 17:2• 2And he was transfigured before them. And his face shone as the sun, and his garments became white as the light; (Matt. 17:2)
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Luke 9:29• 29And as he prayed the fashion of his countenance became different and his raiment white and effulgent. (Luke 9:29)
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Acts 6:15• 15And all who sat in the council, looking fixedly on him, saw his face as the face of an angel. (Acts 6:15)
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2 Cor. 3:7,13• 7(But if the ministry of death, in letters, graven in stones, began with glory, so that the children of Israel could not fix their eyes on the face of Moses, on account of the glory of his face, a glory which is annulled;
 13and not according as Moses put a veil on his own face, so that the children of Israel should not fix their eyes on the end of that annulled. (2 Cor. 3:7,13)
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Rev. 1:16• 16and having in his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword going forth; and his countenance as the sun shines in its power. (Rev. 1:16)

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Moses,
Mountain Mount,
Sina; Sinai,
Table,
Testimony,
To Wit; Wot, Wist

Cross References

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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 mountain, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand--tables written on both their sides: on this side and on that were they written. (Ex. 32:15)
wist.
Ex. 16:15• 15And the children of Israel saw it, and said one to another, What is it? for they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, This is the bread which Jehovah has given you to eat. (Ex. 16:15)
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Josh. 2:4• 4And the woman had taken and concealed the two men; and she said, Yes, the men did come unto me, but I knew 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 the men of the city hasted and rose early, and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the appointed place before the plain. But he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city. (Josh. 8:14)
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Judg. 16:20• 20And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep, and thought, I will go out as at other times before, and disengage myself. And he knew not that Jehovah had departed from him. (Judg. 16:20)
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Mark 9:6• 6For he knew not what he should say, for they were filled with fear. (Mark 9:6)
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Mark 14:40• 40And returning, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy; and they knew not what they should answer him. (Mark 14:40)
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Luke 2:49• 49And he said to them, Why is it that ye have sought me? did ye not know that I ought to be occupied in my Father's business? (Luke 2:49)
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John 5:13• 13But he that had been healed knew not who it was, for Jesus had slidden away, there being a crowd in the place. (John 5:13)
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Acts 12:9• 9And going forth he followed him and did not know that what was happening by means of the angel was real, but supposed he saw a vision. (Acts 12:9)
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Acts 23:5• 5And Paul said, I was not conscious, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evilly of the ruler of thy people. (Acts 23:5)
the skin.
Matt. 17:2• 2And he was transfigured before them. And his face shone as the sun, and his garments became white as the light; (Matt. 17:2)
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Luke 9:29• 29And as he prayed the fashion of his countenance became different and his raiment white and effulgent. (Luke 9:29)
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Acts 6:15• 15And all who sat in the council, looking fixedly on him, saw his face as the face of an angel. (Acts 6:15)
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2 Cor. 3:7‑9,13• 7(But if the ministry of death, in letters, graven in stones, began with glory, so that the children of Israel could not fix their eyes on the face of Moses, on account of the glory of his face, a glory which is annulled;
 8how shall not rather the ministry of the Spirit subsist in glory?
 9For if the ministry of condemnation be glory, much rather the ministry of righteousness abounds in glory.
 13and not according as Moses put a veil on his own face, so that the children of Israel should not fix their eyes on the end of that annulled. (2 Cor. 3:7‑9,13)
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Rev. 1:16• 16and having in his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword going forth; and his countenance as the sun shines in its power. (Rev. 1:16)
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Rev. 10:1• 1And I saw another strong angel coming down out of the heaven, clothed with a cloud, and the rainbow upon his head, and his countenance as 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."