Exodus 34:30
Good News Translation
Aaron and all the people looked at Moses and saw that his face was shining, and they were afraid to go near him.

New Revised Standard Version
When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face was shining, and they were afraid to come near him.

Contemporary English Version
When Aaron and the others looked at Moses, they saw this, and they were afraid to go near him.

New American Bible
When Aaron, then, and the other Israelites saw Moses and noticed how radiant the skin of his face had become, they were afraid to come near him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Aaron and the children of Israel seeing the face of Moses horned, were afraid to come near.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Aaron and the children of Israel seeing the face of Moses horned, were afraid to come near.

afraid

Numbers 12:8 For I speak to him mouth to mouth: and plainly, and not by riddles and figures doth he see the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak ill of my servant Moses?

Mark 9:3,15 And his garments became shining and exceeding white as snow, so as no fuller upon earth can make white. . . .

Luke 5:8 Which when Simon Peter saw, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying: Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

Context
The LORD Renews the Covenant
29And when Moses came down from the Mount Sinai, he held the two tables of the testimony, and he knew not that his face was horned from the conversation of the Lord. 30And Aaron and the children of Israel seeing the face of Moses horned, were afraid to come near.31And being called by him, they returned, both Aaron and the rulers of the congregation. And after that he spoke to them,…
Cross References
2 Corinthians 3:7
Now if the ministration of death, engraven with letters upon stones, was glorious (so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance), which is made void:

Exodus 34:31
And being called by him, they returned, both Aaron and the rulers of the congregation. And after that he spoke to them,

Ecclesiastes 8:1
The wisdom of a man shineth in his countenance, and the most mighty will change his face.

Exodus 34:29
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