Exodus 34:29

²⁷ The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”

²⁸ So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.

And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.

³⁰ Aaron and all the Israelites looked at Moses, and behold, his face was radiant. And they were afraid to approach him.

³¹ But Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.
KJV: 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.
WEB: When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mountain, Moses didn’t know that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.
ASV: And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses` hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with him.
DARBY: And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai and the two tables of testimony were in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mountain that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone through his talking with him.
BLB: And it came to pass when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the Testimony [were] in the hand of Moses when he came down from the mountain), and Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone in his speaking with Him.

ÅB: Så gikk Moses ned fra Sinai berg, og da han gikk ned fra fjellet, hadde han vitnesbyrdets to tavler i sin hånd; men Moses visste ikke at hans ansikts hud skinte fordi han[^5] hadde talt med ham.
OTB: Da Moses steg ned fra Sinai-fjellet med de to tavlene med paktens lov i hendene, visste han ikke at ansiktet hans skinte fordi han hadde talt med Herren.
B1930: Så gikk Moses ned fra Sinai berg, og da han gikk ned fra fjellet, hadde han vidnesbyrdets to tavler i sin hånd; men Moses visste ikke at hans ansikts hud skinte fordi han hadde talt med ham. / < Herren.>

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Original text and word study

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Matthew 17:2
There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
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Luke 9:29
And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.
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Exodus 32:15
Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.
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Revelation 1:16
He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
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2 Corinthians 3:13
We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.
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2 Corinthians 3:7–9
Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,
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Revelation 10:1
Then I saw another mighty angel coming down 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.
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Acts 6:15
All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
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