Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 34:34
But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out. And he came out, and spoke unto the children of Israel [that] which he was commanded.
34. went in before Jehovah ] viz. into the Tent of Meeting (which is here presupposed): cf. Exo 25:22, Num 7:89.
Comp. 2Co 3:7-18, noticing (1) that St Paul interprets the narrative allegorically, assigning as the reason why Moses used to put on the veil, not that the Israelites might not constantly be beholding the glow on Moses’ face, but that they might not see its gradual waning away ( v. 13), which St Paul regards as a type of the passing away of their own dispensation; and (2) that St Paul’s key-words in the passage, , (‘glory,’ ‘hath been made glorious’), are suggested by the LXX. rend. of ‘shone’ in vv. 29, 35, . The narrative is a beautiful symbolical expression of the truth that close converse with God illumines the soul with a Divine radiance, and that those who ‘with unveiled face’ behold spiritually as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are gradually through its influence transformed more and more completely into His likeness (2Co 3:18).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
34, 35. But whenever Moses went in he would take ; and he would come out, and speak ; and the children of Israel would see , and Moses would put, &c.] The tenses are throughout frequentative, describing Moses’ habitual practice.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him,…. Went into the tabernacle to converse with him, to pray unto him, and inquire about any matter of difficulty respecting the people of Israel he was concerned for, which he often did:
he took the vail off until he came out: and so when men are truly converted, and turn to the Lord, the vail of darkness and unbelief is removed, and the true light shines, in which they see things in another light than they did before; and when they come into his presence, they come with hearts opened and unveiled, all things being naked and open to him with whom they have to do; and particularly saints under the Gospel dispensation, with an open face, as in a glass, behold the glory of the Lord; and when they get to heaven, they will then see face to face, and know as they are known, 2Co 3:16:
and he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel [that] which he was commanded; this respects not the present time of his coming down from the mount, or out of the tabernacle with the law and commands now given, for these he had already declared; but after times, and all such times when he went in to the Lord to inquire of him his mind and will concerning certain things, in which the people wanted information, when, upon his return, he acquainted them with whatsoever the Lord ordered to be done.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Exo 34:34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel [that] which he was commanded.
Ver. 34. But when Moses went in. ] Hypocrites on the contrary show their best to men, their worst to God; God sees both their vail and their face; and I know not whether he hates more their vail of dissimulation or face of wickedness.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
went in: i.e. into the tent.
he took the vail off. And, when Israel turns thus to Jehovah, He will take the vail from their heart, as Moses did from his face, 2Co 3:16. We, now, are “not as Moses”, Exo 34:13.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
he took: 2Co 3:16, Heb 4:16, Heb 10:19-22
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Exo 34:34. When he went before the Lord, he put off the veil Every veil must be thrown aside when we go to present ourselves unto the Lord. This signified also, as it is explained, 2Co 3:16, that when a soul turns to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away, that with open face it may behold his glory.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
34:34 But when Moses went in {m} before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel [that] which he was commanded.
(m) Which was in the tabernacle of the congregation.