Exo 34:33-35 | NET2full | STEP | When Moses finished speaking with them, he would put a veil on his face .

‏ Exodus 34:33-35

33 When Moses finished ^{▼▼tn Heb “and Moses finished”; the clause is subordinated as a temporal clause to the next clause.} speaking ^{▼▼tn The Piel infinitive construct is the object of the preposition; the whole phrase serves as the direct object of the verb “finished.”} with them, he would ^{▼▼tn Throughout this section the actions of Moses and the people are frequentative. The text tells what happened regularly.} put a veil on his face. 34 But when Moses went in ^{▼▼tn The construction uses a infinitive construct for the temporal clause; it is prefixed with the temporal preposition: “and in the going in of Moses.”} before the Lord to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he came out. ^{▼▼tn The temporal clause begins with the temporal preposition “until,” followed by an infinitive construct with the suffixed subjective genitive.} Then he would come out and tell the Israelites what he had been commanded. ^{▼▼tn The form is the Pual imperfect, but since the context demands a past tense here, in fact a past perfect tense, this is probably an old preterite form without a vav consecutive.} 35 When the Israelites would see ^{▼▼tn Now the perfect tense with vav consecutive is subordinated to the next clause, “Moses returned the veil….”} the face of Moses, that ^{▼▼tn Verbs of seeing often take two accusatives. Here, the second is the noun clause explaining what it was about the face that they saw.} the skin of Moses’ face shone, Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with the Lord. ^{▼▼tn Heb “with him”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.}