Exodus 34:30 (WEB)
When Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him.
Fathers and councils · 4
Tertullian
“…though fatter than he, could not constantly contemplate even Moses himself, fed as he had been upon God, nor his leanness, sated as it had been with His glory!” — editor's note: See Ex. xxxiii. 18, 19, with xxxiv. 4–9, 29–35.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For they could not even look on his face, and refused to believe that his sepulchre was found.” — editor's note: Ex. xxxiv. 30.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“IX. Wherefore we must purify ourselves first, and then approach this converse with the Pure; unless we would have the same experience as Israel, who could not endure the glory of the face of Moses, and therefore asked for a veil; or else would feel and say with Manoah “We are undone O wife, we have…” — editor's note: Exod. xxxiv. 30.
Read the whole comment“And a Light typical and proportionate to those who were its subjects was the written law, adumbrating the truth and the sacrament of the great Light, for Moses’ face was made glorious by it.” — editor's note: Exod. xxxiv. 30.
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