Exodus 34:29

29. The skin of his face shone The long communion with Jehovah, and beholding so much of his glory, had set upon the face of the lawgiver a brilliancy that was unearthly . This statement is full of suggestion . It declares the spiritual exaltation of Moses . It shows how God may impart his own glory to those to whom he wills to show great favour. Exodus 33:19. It teaches the child of faith that long communion and intimate fellowship with God transfigures into the image of the heavenly. Since the Hebrew word here translated shone ( קרן )is composed of the same letters as the word for horn, the Vulgate has rendered it was horned, and hence the mediaeval notion represented in Angelo’s famous statue, that Moses had horns upon his forehead .