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27 And the Lord said to Moses, “Write down these laws[a] that I have given you, for they represent the terms of my covenant with you and with Israel.”

28 Moses was up on the mountain with the Lord for forty days and forty nights, and in all that time he neither ate nor drank. At that time God[b] wrote out the Covenant—the Ten Commandments—on the stone tablets.

29 Moses didn’t realize as he came back down the mountain with the tablets that his face glowed from being in the presence of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 34:27 Write down these laws, that is, the preceding laws in vv. 12-26.
  2. Exodus 34:28 At that time God, implied; see 34:1; Deuteronomy 10:1-4.

27 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write(A) down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant(B) with you and with Israel.” 28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights(C) without eating bread or drinking water.(D) And he wrote on the tablets(E) the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.(F)

The Radiant Face of Moses

29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai(G) with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands,(H) he was not aware that his face was radiant(I) because he had spoken with the Lord.

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