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Exodus 34:31

Then Moses sent for them; and Aaron, with the chiefs of the people, came to him; and Moses had talk with them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Countenance;   Face;   God;   Miracles;   Moses;   Reverence;   Transfiguration;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Stephen;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Exodus;   Hexateuch;   Law;   Moses;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Transfiguration (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Sinai;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Covenant, the New;   Ruler;   Transfiguration;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Holiness;   Moses;   Veil;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Moshe called to them, and Aharon and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him; and Moshe spoke to them.
King James Version
And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.
Lexham English Bible
And Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the community returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.
New Century Version
But Moses called to them, so Aaron and all the leaders of the people returned to Moses, and he talked with them.
New English Translation
But Moses called to them, so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and Moses spoke to them.
Amplified Bible
But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him; and he spoke to them.
New American Standard Bible
Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers in the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But Moses called them: and Aaron and all the chiefe of the congregatio returned vnto him: and Moses talked with them.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers in the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them.
Contemporary English Version
Moses called out for Aaron and the leaders to come to him, and he spoke with them.
Complete Jewish Bible
But Moshe called to them; then Aharon and all the community leaders came back to him, and Moshe spoke to them.
Darby Translation
And Moses called to them; and they turned to him,—Aaron and all the principal men of the assembly; and Moses talked with them.
Easy-to-Read Version
But Moses called to them. So Aaron and all the leaders of the people went to him. Moses talked with them.
English Standard Version
But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them.
George Lamsa Translation
So Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him; and Moses talked with them.
Good News Translation
But Moses called them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the community went to him, and Moses spoke with them.
Christian Standard Bible®
But Moses called out to them, so Aaron and all the leaders of the community returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.
Literal Translation
And Moses called to them. And Aaron and all the leaders among the congregation turned back to him. And Moses spoke to them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The Moses called them. And they returned vnto him, both Aaron & all the chefest of the cogregacion. And he talked wt them.
American Standard Version
And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses spake to them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when Moyses had called them, Aaron and all the chiefe of the congregation came vnto him: and Moyses talked with them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him; and Moses spoke to them.
King James Version (1611)
And Moses called vnto them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the Congregation returned vnto him, and Moses talked with them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses called them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the synagogue turned towards him, and Moses spoke to them.
English Revised Version
And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses spake to them.
Berean Standard Bible
But Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thei dredden to neiye niy, and thei weren clepid of hym, `and thei turneden ayen, as wel Aaron as the princis of the synagoge; and after that Moises spak, thei camen to hym,
Young's Literal Translation
And Moses calleth unto them, and Aaron and all the princes in the company return unto him, and Moses speaketh unto them;
Update Bible Version
And Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him: and Moses spoke to them.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him; and Moses talked with them.
World English Bible
Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them.
New King James Version
Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him; and Moses talked with them.
New Living Translation
But Moses called out to them and asked Aaron and all the leaders of the community to come over, and he talked with them.
New Life Bible
But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the people returned to him. And Moses spoke to them.
New Revised Standard
But Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke with them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then Moses called unto them, and Aaron and all the princes in the assembly returned unto him, - and Moses spake unto them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And being called by him, they returned, both Aaron and the rulers of the congregation. And after that he spoke to them,
Revised Standard Version
But Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them.
THE MESSAGE
Moses called out to them. Aaron and the leaders in the community came back and Moses talked with them. Later all the Israelites came up to him and he passed on the commands, everything that God had told him on Mount Sinai.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers in the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them.

Contextual Overview

28 And for forty days and forty nights Moses was there with the Lord, and in that time he had no food or drink. And he put in writing on the stones the words of the agreement, the ten rules of the law. 29 Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two stones in his hand, he was not conscious that his face was shining because of his talk with God. 30 But when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, and the shining of his face, they would not come near him for fear. 31 Then Moses sent for them; and Aaron, with the chiefs of the people, came to him; and Moses had talk with them. 32 And later, all the children of Israel came near, and he gave them all the orders which the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai. 33 And at the end of his talk with them, Moses put a veil over his face. 34 But whenever Moses went in before the Lord to have talk with him, he took off the veil till he came out. And whenever he came out he said to the children of Israel what he had been ordered to say; 35 And the children of Israel saw that the face of Moses was shining: so Moses put the veil over his face again till he went to the Lord.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

called: Exodus 3:15, Exodus 24:1-3

and Moses talked: Genesis 45:3, Genesis 45:15

Cross-References

Genesis 34:13
But the sons of Jacob gave a false answer to Shechem and Hamor his father, because of what had been done to Dinah their sister.
Genesis 49:7
A curse on their passion for it was bitter; and on their wrath for it was cruel. I will let their heritage in Jacob be broken up, driving them from their places in Israel.
Proverbs 6:34
For bitter is the wrath of an angry husband; in the day of punishment he will have no mercy.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.


 
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