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THE MESSAGE

Exodus 34:31

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.

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.
Bible in Basic English
Then Moses sent for them; and Aaron, with the chiefs of the people, came to him; and Moses had talk with 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.
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 Moses was there with God forty days and forty nights. He didn't eat any food; he didn't drink any water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Words. 29When Moses came down from Mount Sinai carrying the two Tablets of The Testimony, he didn't know that the skin of his face glowed because he had been speaking with God . Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, saw his radiant face, and held back, afraid to get close to him. 31Moses 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. 33When Moses finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face, but when he went into the presence of God to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. When he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, they would see Moses' face, its skin glowing, and then he would again put the veil on his face until he went back in to speak with God .

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
Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father with cunning. Their sister, after all, had been raped. They said, "This is impossible. We could never give our sister to a man who was uncircumcised. Why, we'd be disgraced. The only condition on which we can talk business is if all your men become circumcised like us. Then we will freely exchange daughters in marriage and make ourselves at home among you and become one big, happy family. But if this is not an acceptable condition, we will take our sister and leave."
Genesis 49:7
A curse on their uncontrolled anger, on their indiscriminate wrath. I'll throw them out with the trash; I'll shred and scatter them like confetti throughout Israel.

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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