King James Version
Exodus 34:31 in the King James Version says “And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with th...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 34 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.”
Exodus 34:31 · KJV
And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.
And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.
And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai.
And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“returned”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and all the rulers”
H5387properly, an exalted one, i.e., a king or sheik; also a rising mist
“of the congregation”
H5712a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
“talked”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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