Exodus 34:30

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֨רְא אַהֲרֹ֜ן וְכָל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֔ה וְהִנֵּ֥ה קָרַ֖ן ע֣וֹר פָּנָ֑יו וַיִּֽירְא֖וּ מִגֶּ֥שֶׁת אֵלָֽיו׃

Transliteration

wa-yar ʾahărōn and-all-bənê yiśrāʾēl ʾet-mōšeh wə-hinnēh qāran ʿôr pānāyw wa-yîrəʾû from-geššet to-him

Grammar Details

*wa-yar*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he saw
*ʾahărōn*: proper name - Aaron
*bənê*: masculine plural construct - sons of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper name - Israel
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*mōšeh*: proper name - Moses
*wə-hinnēh*: conjunction + interjection - and behold
*qāran*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - it shone/had horns
*ʿôr*: masculine singular construct - skin of
*pānāyw*: masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his face
*wa-yîrəʾû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they feared
*geššet*: Qal infinitive construct - drawing near

Word Meanings

*yar*: saw/perceived/observed
*bənê*: sons/children of
*hinnēh*: behold/look/see
*qāran*: shone/emitted rays/had horns
*ʿôr*: skin/hide/leather
*yîrəʾû*: feared/were afraid/dreaded
*geššet*: drawing near/approaching

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Referenced Verses

Num 12:8 : 8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
Mark 9:3 : 3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
Mark 9:15 : 15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.
Luke 5:8 : 8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 34:31-35
5 verses
88%
31And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.
32And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai.
33And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.
34But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.
35And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
Exod 34:29
87%
29And 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.
Num 20:6
76%
6And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.
Acts 7:31
76%
31When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,
Num 14:5
76%
5Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
Heb 12:21
75%
21And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
Num 16:4
74%
4And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:
Lev 9:23
74%
23And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people.
Exod 32:25
73%
25And when Moses saw that the people were naked;(for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
Exod 16:10
73%
10And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
Num 16:42-44
3 verses
73%
42And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
43And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
44And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 20:20-21
2 verses
72%
20And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
Deut 34:12
72%
12And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.
Num 12:8
72%
8With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
Exod 24:2
72%
2And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
Lev 10:3
71%
3Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
Num 12:10
71%
10And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
Exod 20:18
71%
18And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
Exod 24:15-18
4 verses
71%
15And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
16And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
17And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
18And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Lev 21:24
71%
24And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
Exod 3:6
71%
6Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
2 Cor 3:13
71%
13And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
Exod 4:27-30
4 verses
71%
27And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.
28And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
29And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel:
30And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
Lev 13:1
71%
1And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
Exod 33:8
70%
8And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
Num 20:28
70%
28And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
Exod 33:5
70%
5For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
Exod 14:31
70%
31And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.
Exod 5:20
70%
20And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
2 Cor 3:7
70%
7But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
Exod 40:35
70%
35And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Lev 9:6
70%
6And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you.
Matt 17:2-3
2 verses
70%
2And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
3And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
Num 14:10
70%
10But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
Exod 24:9
69%
9Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
Exod 32:1
69%
1And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.