Exo 34:34 | NET2full | STEP | But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he came out . Then he would come out and tell the Israelites what he had been commanded .

‏ Exodus 34:34

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.}