Exodus 34:33

When Moshe had finished speaking with them, he put a masveh (veil, mask) on his face.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

32And afterward kol Bnei Yisroel came near; and he gave them in commandment all that Hashem had spoken with him in Mt Sinai.

34But when Moshe went in before Hashem to speak with Him, he took the masveh off, until he came out. And he came out, and spoke unto the Bnei Yisroel that which he was commanded.

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 3:13And we are not as Moshe, + 3:13 Rabbeinu who was putting HAMASVEH AL PANAV + 3:13 Ex 34:33,35 (the veil over his face) so that the Bnei Yisroel might not see the end of the fading kavod.

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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