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Exodus 34:29

the two tables of the testimony as Exodus 31:18 a; cf. on Exodus 25:16.

shone viz. from the reflexion of the Divine glory (Exodus 24:16 f.). The Heb. verb is a peculiar one, recurring only vv.30, 35: it is a denominative from ḳéren, -horn," in the sense of ray(see Habakkuk 3:4), and means thus, was rayed. Jerome, following Aq., rendered literally in the Vulg. quod cornuta esset; hence the frequent representation of Moses in art with horns rising out of his head. LXX. δεδόξασται; see below.

by reason of The marg. is equally possible grammatically; but the context shews that the rend. of the text is right.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 34:29. _THE SKIN OF HIS FACE SHONE_] קרן _karan, was horned_: having been long in familiar intercourse with his Maker, his _flesh_, as well as his _soul_, was penetrated with the effulge...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יְהִ֗י בְּ רֶ֤דֶת מֹשֶׁה֙ מֵ הַ֣ר

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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