When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.
29. And it came to pass when Moses came down Another remarkable honor given to the Law is here narrated, viz., that the brightness of the heavenly glory appeared in the face of Moses; for it is said that his face gave forth rays, or was irradiated.
Moses fasted forty days and nights sustained by God alone, for He who made the body needs no ordinary means to nourish it. His soul feasted on the word of God and prayer, so satisfied with His presence that the body's hunger vanished; this is the truest pleasure, far beyond meat and drink.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 34:28-35
And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh,.... That is, after Aaron and the rulers had had a conversation with Moses, then the whole body of the people by turns were admitted to come before him, and hear the laws of God from him: and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him on Mount Sinai; besides the two...