Exodus 34:33

And when Moses was done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.

In Context

32And afterward all the sons of Israel came near, and he gave them in commandment all that LORD had spoken with him on mount Sinai.

34But when Moses went in before LORD to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out. And he came out, and spoke to the sons of Israel that which he was commanded.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 3:13and are not as Moses. He put a veil over his face in order for the sons of Israel not to gaze on the end of the fading.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 34:29-35

The Veil of Moses. ( b. c. 1491.) 28 And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. 29 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 shone while he talked with him. 30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin… Read the whole commentary →

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