Exodus 34:27-30 - His face was radiant

34:27,28

Moses was to “write down these words”. It isn’t clear whether these are the words of the ten commandments, or just the extra instructions, though 34:28 would seem to imply that it was the ten commandments.. It actually isn’t very important. What is important is that God has made a covenant with Moses and with Israel. We should note that it is God who sets the terms of the covenant. Too often men think that they can set the terms of any relationship with the Lord. Moses was up there for forty days and nights. This is an idiomatic term and just indicates a reasonable and significant amount of time. Jesus spent forty days and nights in the wilderness during His temptation.

34:29,30

As a consequence of his encounter with the Lord, Moses’ face was radiant, though Moses was initially unaware of this. Paul makes play of this fact in 2 Cor 3:13ff. Aaron and others were afraid of Moses because of his radiance. While our faces may not physically glow, we should be affected by the time we spend with the Lord. And the fact that we spend time with the Lord should be noticeable to others.