Exodus 34:31

31 Da rief sie Mose; und sie wandten sich zu ihm, Aaron und alle Obersten der Gemeinde; und er redete mit ihnen.

Exodus 34:31 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 34:31

And Moses called unto them
Who, as it appears by what follows, on sight of him were so terrified, that they did not proceed on to meet him, but went back, and therefore he called unto them to return and come forward:

and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him;
knowing him by his voice, and encouraged by his call of them, who before might take him to be something more than human, some glorious form, one of the heavenly angels appearing in this manner:

and Moses talked with them;
after he had put a vail on his face, of which there is an account in the following verses. He talked with them friendly, and told them all that had happened to him in the mount; what a glorious sight he had been indulged with; what a proclamation of the grace and goodness of God had been made to him; and what laws and ordinances God had enjoined him and them the observance of.

Exodus 34:31 In-Context

29 Da nun Mose vom Berge Sinai ging, hatte er die zwei Tafeln des Zeugnisses in seiner Hand und wußte nicht, daß die Haut seines Angesichts glänzte davon, daß er mit ihm geredet hatte. {~} {~}
30 Und da Aaron und alle Kinder Israel sahen, daß die Haut seines Angesichts glänzte, fürchteten sie sich, zu ihm zu nahen. {~}
31 Da rief sie Mose; und sie wandten sich zu ihm, Aaron und alle Obersten der Gemeinde; und er redete mit ihnen.
32 Darnach nahten alle Kinder Israel zu ihm. Und er gebot ihnen alles, was der HERR mit ihm geredet hatte auf dem Berge Sinai.
33 Und da er solches alles mit ihnen geredet hatte, legte er eine Decke auf sein Angesicht.
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