Exodus 34:33

Till Moses had done speaking with them] RV 'when Moses had done speaking with them.' Moses usually wore the veil, only putting it off when he entered the presence of God or spoke to the people. An interesting reminiscence of this is said to be seen in the Jewish synagogue, where the priest, in pronouncing the Aaronic benediction (Numbers 6:24), veils his face with his tallith (see on Numbers 15:37), 'lest the utterance of the words should bring up the glory that shone in the face of Moses and strike the people dead.' St. Paul refers to this incident in 2 Corinthians 3:7, and evidently understands that Moses wore the veil in order to hide the fading of the glory in his face (see Exodus 34:7; Exodus 34:13). He accordingly sees in Moses' action an illustration of the inferiority of the Jewish dispensation as compared with the Christian. The glory of the former was fading, transitory, and partly obscured; that of the latter is permanent, unobstructed, ever increasing, and shared by all.

Exodus 35:1. The Sabbath Law. See Exodus 31:15, and on Exodus 20:8.