Exodus 34:29

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The Radiant Face of Moses Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand– when he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.

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  • Matt 17:2 : 2 And he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.
  • Exod 32:15 : 15 Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands. The tablets were written on both sides– they were written on the front and on the back.
  • 2 Cor 3:13 : 13 and not like Moses who used to put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from staring at the result of the glory that was made ineffective.
  • Rev 1:16 : 16 He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His face shone like the sun shining at full strength.
  • Rev 10:1 : 1 The Angel with the Little Scroll Then I saw another powerful angel descending from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun and his legs were like pillars of fire.
  • Exod 16:15 : 15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another,“What is it?” because they did not know what it was. Moses said to them,“It is the bread that the LORD has given you for food.
  • Josh 2:4 : 4 But the woman hid the two men and replied,“Yes, these men were clients of mine, but I didn’t know where they came from.
  • Josh 8:14 : 14 When the king of Ai saw Israel, they rushed to get up early. Then the men of the city went out to meet Israel in battle, he and all his people, at the meeting place near the rift valley. But he did not realize an ambush was waiting for him behind the city.
  • Judg 16:20 : 20 She said,“The Philistines are here, Samson!” He woke up and thought,“I will do as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not realize that the LORD had left him.
  • Mark 9:6 : 6 (For they were afraid, and he did not know what to say.)
  • Mark 14:40 : 40 When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to tell him.
  • Luke 2:49 : 49 But he replied,“Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”
  • Luke 9:29 : 29 As he was praying, the appearance of his face was transformed, and his clothes became very bright, a brilliant white.
  • John 5:13 : 13 But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped out, since there was a crowd in that place.
  • Acts 6:15 : 15 All who were sitting in the council looked intently at Stephen and saw his face was like the face of an angel.
  • Acts 12:9 : 9 Peter went out and followed him; he did not realize that what was happening through the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.
  • Acts 23:5 : 5 Paul replied,“I did not realize, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written,‘You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.’”
  • 2 Cor 3:7-9 : 7 The Greater Glory of the Spirit’s Ministry But if the ministry that produced death– carved in letters on stone tablets– came with glory, so that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face(a glory which was made ineffective), 8 how much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be? 9 For if there was glory in the ministry that produced condemnation, how much more does the ministry that produces righteousness excel in glory!

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  • Exod 34:30-35
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    87%

    30When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to approach him.

    31But Moses called to them, so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and Moses spoke to them.

    32After this all the Israelites approached, and he commanded them all that the LORD had spoken to him on Mount Sinai.

    33When Moses finished speaking with them, he would put a veil on his face.

    34But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he came out. Then he would come out and tell the Israelites what he had been commanded.

    35When the Israelites would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone, Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with the LORD.

  • Exod 32:15-16
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    77%

    15Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands. The tablets were written on both sides– they were written on the front and on the back.

    16Now the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.

  • Exod 34:27-28
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    27The LORD said to Moses,“Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”

    28So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.

  • Exod 24:18
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    18Moses went into the cloud when he went up the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

  • Acts 7:31
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    31When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord,

  • Exod 24:15-16
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    15Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

    16The glory of the LORD resided on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud.

  • Deut 9:15
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    15So I turned and went down the mountain while it was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.

  • Deut 9:9-11
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    9When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I remained there forty days and nights, eating and drinking nothing.

    10The LORD gave me the two stone tablets, written by the very finger of God, and on them was everything he said to you at the mountain from the midst of the fire at the time of that assembly.

    11Now at the end of the forty days and nights the LORD presented me with the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.

  • Exod 32:19
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    19When he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became extremely angry. He threw the tablets from his hands and broke them to pieces at the bottom of the mountain.

  • Luke 9:30
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    30Then two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with him.

  • Num 16:4
    72%

    4When Moses heard it he fell down with his face to the ground.

  • Exod 19:20
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    20The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain, and the LORD summoned Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

  • Exod 33:11
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    11The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, the way a person speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his servant, Joshua son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the tent.

  • Exod 24:12
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    12The LORD said to Moses,“Come up to me on the mountain and remain there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandments that I have written, so that you may teach them.”

  • Exod 33:9
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    9And whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the LORD would speak with Moses.

  • Num 20:6
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    6Moses Responds So Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting. They then threw themselves down with their faces to the ground, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.

  • Exod 34:4-5
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    4So Moses cut out two tablets of stone like the first; early in the morning he went up to Mount Sinai, just as the LORD had commanded him, and he took in his hand the two tablets of stone.

    5The LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the LORD by name.

  • 2 Cor 3:13
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    13and not like Moses who used to put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from staring at the result of the glory that was made ineffective.

  • Mark 9:4
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    4Then Elijah appeared before them along with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

  • Matt 17:2-3
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    2And he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.

    3Then Moses and Elijah also appeared before them, talking with him.

  • Exod 31:18
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    18He gave Moses two tablets of testimony when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, tablets of stone written by the finger of God.

  • Lev 9:23
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    23Moses and Aaron then entered into the Meeting Tent. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.

  • Num 12:8
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    8With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

  • Exod 34:2
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    2Be prepared in the morning, and go up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and station yourself for me there on the top of the mountain.

  • 2 Cor 3:7
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    7The Greater Glory of the Spirit’s Ministry But if the ministry that produced death– carved in letters on stone tablets– came with glory, so that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face(a glory which was made ineffective),

  • Heb 12:21
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    21In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said,“I shudder with fear.”

  • Exod 19:14
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    14Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.

  • Exod 19:9
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    9The LORD said to Moses,“I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe in you.” And Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.

  • Exod 19:25
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    25So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.

  • Exod 19:17
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    17Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their place at the foot of the mountain.

  • Exod 40:35
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    35Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.