Exodus 34:28-30 Niv
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 34:28
He was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights . As on the former occasion ( Exodus 24:18 ). The patience and faith of the people was tested by this second long delay. Happily, they stood the test; and on Moses' final descent from Sinai the Israelites were found expectant and obedient ( Exodus 34:30-32 ). He did neither eat bread nor drink water . This was so also on the former occasion ( Deuteronomy 9:9 ), though it is not mentioned in Exodus. The near presence of God... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 34:28-35
Fellowship with God and its fruits. I. COMMUNION WITH GOD . 1 . The length of his sojourn—forty days and forty nights. Time sped unmarked in the presence and fellowship of God. The future glory an untiring joy. The redeemed serve him day and night in his temple. 2 . Lower wants were forgotten: "he did neither eat bread nor drink water." The need of the body was unfelt in the satisfying of the desires of the spirit. "In thy presence is fulness of joy." To escape from... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 34:29
The skin of his face shone while he talked with him . Rather, "through his talking with him." The glory of God, as revealed to Moses on this occasion, caused his face to become henceforth radiant. Compare the effect of the transfiguration ( Matthew 17:2 ). The Vulgate wrongly translates haran , "to shine," as if it were derived from keren , "a horn"—whence the painters of mediaeval times commonly represent Moses as horned. St. Paul's words ( 2 Corinthians 3:7 ) are conclusive as to... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 34:29
Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. His face "shone"—literally, "shot out rays"—as we say, was irradiated , became radiant . Notice: I. THE CAUSE OF THE PHENOMENON . "Talked with him." Self had been forgotten in communion with Jehovah, in hearing him and attending to his utterances. It is from such communion as this that the radiant countenance results. 1 . What the communion is . God a Spirit. Communion must be spiritual The... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 34:29-35
The shining of Moses' face. This strange phenomenon, one of the distinctive marks which most closely assimilate the Jewish with the Christian lawgiver, is well worthy of our attentive consideration. I. AS TO ITS ORIGIN . Admission to the Divine presence within the cloud had not, on the former occasion, left any such visible trace. It cannot, therefore, be ascribed simply to communion with God for a period of a certain duration. We must endeavour to see how the second sojourn in... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 34:29-35
The shining face. Consider— I. THE SHINING OF MOSES ' FACE ( Exodus 34:29 , Exodus 34:30 ). II. THE FEAR OF THE PEOPLE ( Exodus 34:30 ). The beauty of the glory had something of terror in it. Symbol of the dispensation—"a ministration of death" ( 2 Corinthians 3:7 ). See sermon by Dr. John Ker on Moses and Stephen—"The Old Testament and the New". III. THE VEIL (verses 31-33). The notable fact is that Moses did not veil his face during the time... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 34:29-35
The shining of Moses' face. I. THE PHENOMENON ITSELF . The skin of Moses' face shone. As to the precise manner of this shining, it is of course vain to speculate; but we may be tolerably certain it was not anything in the way of a mere reflection from a mirror. It must surely have been the shining out for a little while of some glorious gift which had entered, if one may say so, into the bodily constitution of Moses. There may be some connection of this glory with the miraculous... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 34:30
They were afraid . They shrank from Moses, as if he were more than man. (Compare Ezekiel 1:28 ; Revelation 1:17 .) Perhaps they thought that what they saw was his spirit. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 34:10-29
Revived obligations. Former instructions are renewed; only, however, so far as relates to the duties of religion. Renewal of the civil code was not required. Subject to this limit, the new book of the covenant ( Exodus 34:27 ) revives, supplements, expands, and endorses the teachings and precepts of the old one. We have in it— I. PROMISE ( Exodus 34:10 , Exodus 34:11 ). God, as on the former occasion ( Exodus 23:23-30 ), pledges himself to drive out all their enemies. The... read more