Exodus 34:27-29

Expanded Bible

²⁷ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write down these words, because with these words I have ·made an agreement [^Lcut a covenant] with you and Israel.”

²⁸ Moses stayed there with the Lord forty days and forty nights, and during that time he did not eat food or drink water. And Moses wrote the words of the ·Agreement [Covenant; Treaty]—the Ten ·Commandments [^LWords]—on the stone tablets.

The Face of Moses Shines

²⁹ Then Moses came down from Mount Sinai, carrying the two stone tablets of the ·Agreement [Covenant; Testimony; Treaty] in his hands. But he did not know that his face was shining because he had talked with the Lord [^Creflecting God’s holiness and glory and demonstrating Moses’ authority].