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28 (A)So he was there with the Lord for forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he (B)wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.[a]

The Shining Face of Moses

29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with (C)the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face (D)shone because he had been talking with God.[b] 30 Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face (E)shone, and they were afraid to come near him.

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  1. Exodus 34:28 Hebrew the ten words
  2. Exodus 34:29 Hebrew him

28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights(A) without eating bread or drinking water.(B) And he wrote on the tablets(C) the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.(D)

The Radiant Face of Moses

29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai(E) with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands,(F) he was not aware that his face was radiant(G) because he had spoken with the Lord. 30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him.

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