Exodus 34:33

And having done speaking, he put a veil upon his face.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

32And all the children of Israel came to him: and he gave them in commandment all that he had heard of the Lord in mount Sinai.

34But when he went in to the Lord, and spoke with him, he took it away until he came forth, and then he spoke to the children of Israel all things that had been commanded him.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 3:13And not as Moses put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel might not steadfastly look on the face of that which is made void.

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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