COMMENTARY

Old Testament: Exodus 34:29-35
After 40 days on the mountain with Yahweh, Moses' face shone. In this passage Moses makes his final descent from Mount Sinai where in communing with God he receives the Decalogue on two tablets of stone. When Moses came back to his people, his face was still reflecting the glory of Yahweh to such an extent that Aaron and others were afraid of him. Moses had to urge the people to come near him. To reduce the brilliance, he put on a veil which he removed when he went to his tent to again meet with Yahweh. The veil may have been connected with the practice of priests in pagan religions to wear a mask of their god so the people would see and hear their god in their priests. The main point of the story is Moses' continuing communion with Yahweh and his…