## Onkelos Exodus Chapter 34

###### Onkelos Exodus 34:1
[Onkelos Exodus 34:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:1)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה פְּסָל לָךְ תְּרֵין לוּחֵי אַבְנַיָּא כְּקַדְמָאֵי וְאֶכְתּוֹב עַל לוּחַיָּא יָת פִּתְגָּמַיָּא דִי הֲווֹ עַל לוּחַיָּא קַדְמָאֵי דִּי תְבַרְתָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Carve out two stone tablets for yourself just like the first ones. And I will write upon these tablets the words which were on the first Tablets that you broke.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:2
[Onkelos Exodus 34:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:2)

וֶהֱוֵי זַמִּין לְצַפְרָא וְתִסַּק בְּצַפְרָא לְטוּרָא דְסִינַי וְתִתְעַתַּד קֳדָמַי תַּמָּן עַל רֵישׁ טוּרָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Be ready for the morning, and in the morning go up to Mount Sinai and stand there before Me on the top of the mountain.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:3
[Onkelos Exodus 34:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:3)

וֶאֱנַשׁ לָא יִסַּק עִמָּךְ וְאַף אֱנַשׁ לָא יִתְחֲזֵי בְּכָל טוּרָא אַף עֲנָא וְתוֹרֵי לָא יִרְעוּן לָקֳבֵל טוּרָא הַהוּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
No man shall go up with you, nor shall any man be seen on the entire mountain; even the sheep and cattle shall not graze before that mountain.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:4
[Onkelos Exodus 34:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:4)

וּפְסַל תְּרֵין לוּחֵי אַבְנַיָּא כְּקַדְמָאֵי וְאַקְדֵּם משֶׁה בְצַפְרָא וּסְלֵק לְטוּרָא דְסִינַי כְּמָא דְפַקֵּד יְיָ יָתֵיהּ וּנְסֵב בִּידֵיהּ תְּרֵין לוּחֵי אַבְנַיָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He [Moshe] carved out two stone tablets just like the first ones. Moshe rose early in the morning, and went up to Mount Sinai, as Adonoy had commanded him; and he took the two stone tablets in his hand.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:5
[Onkelos Exodus 34:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:5)

**וְאִתְגְּלִי** יְיָ בַּעֲנָנָא וְאִתְעַתַּד עִמֵּיהּ תַּמָּן וּקְרָא בִשְׁמָא דַּיְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy descended [**became revealed**] in a cloud and it stood with him there; and he [Moshe] called out [invoked] the Name, Adonoy.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:6
[Onkelos Exodus 34:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:6)

**וְאַעְבַּר** יְיָ **שְׁכִנְתֵּיהּ** עַל אַפּוֹהִי וּקְרָא יְיָ יְיָ אֱלָהָא רַחֲמָנָא וְחַנָּנָא **מַרְחִיק** רְגַז **וּמַסְגֵּי לְמֶעְבַּד טַבְוָן וּקְשׁוֹט**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy [**made his Shechina pass**] passed before him, and proclaimed: “Adonoy, Adonoy, Almighty, merciful and gracious, slow to [**distancing**] anger, and [**making**] abounding in kindness [**goodness**] and truth [**abound**].


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:7
[Onkelos Exodus 34:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:7)

נָטַר טִיבוּ לְאַלְפֵי דָרִין שָׁבֵק לַעֲוָיָן **וְלִמְרוֹד** וּלְחוֹבִין **סָלַח לִדְתַיְבִין לְאוֹרַיְתֵיהּ** וְלִדְלָא תַיְבִין לָא מְזַכֵּי מַסְעַר חוֹבֵי אֲבָהָן עַל בְּנִין וְעַל בְּנֵי בְנִין **מָרָדִין** עַל דַּר תְּלִיתָי וְעַל דַר רְבִיעָי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He preserves kindness for thousands [of generations], bearing [forgiving] iniquity, transgression [**rebellion**] and sin. He clears [acquits the penitent] [**forgives those who return to his Torah**] and he does not clear [acquit the impenitent], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and [**rebellious**] children’s children, [even] upon the third and fourth [generation].”


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:8
[Onkelos Exodus 34:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:8)

וְאוֹחִי משֶׁה וּכְרַע עַל אַרְעָא וּסְגִיד:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe hastened, bowed to the ground, and prostrated himself,


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:9
[Onkelos Exodus 34:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:9)

וַאֲמַר אִם כְּעַן אַשְׁכָּחִית רַחֲמִין **קֳדָמָךְ** יְיָ תְּהַךְ כְּעַן **שְׁכִנְתָּא** דַיְיָ בֵּינָנָא אֲרֵי עַם קְשֵׁי קְדַל הוּא וְתִשְׁבּוֹק לְחוֹבָנָא וְלַחֲטָאָנָא וְתַחְסְנָנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
and said, “If I have found favor in Your eyes [**before You**] my Master, let [**the Shechina of**] my Master go among us; although it is a stiff-necked people, pardon our iniquity and our sins, and take us as Your own possession.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:10
[Onkelos Exodus 34:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:10)

וַאֲמַר הָא אֲנָא גְּזַר קְיַם קֳדָם כָּל עַמָּךְ אַעֲבֵּיד פְּרִישָׁן דִּי לָא אִתְבְּרִיאוּ בְּכָל אַרְעָא וּבְכָל עַמְמַיָּא וְיֶחֱזֵי כָל עַמָּא דִּי אַתְּ בֵּינֵיהוֹן יָת עוֹבָדָא דַיְיָ אֲרֵי דָחֵל הוּא דִּי אֲנָא עָבֵד עִמָּךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And He said, “I hereby make a covenant; before all your people I will perform wonders such as have not been created in all the earth or for any nation; and all the people in whose midst you are, will see how awesome is the deed of Adonoy which I will perform for you.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:11
[Onkelos Exodus 34:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:11)

טָר לָךְ יָת דִּי אֲנָא מְפַקְדָּךְ יוֹמָא דֵין הָא אֲנָא מְתָרֵךְ מִן קֳדָמָךְ יָת אֱמוֹרָאֵי וּכְנַעֲנָאֵי וְחִתָּאֵי וּפְרִזָּאֵי וְחִוָּאֵי וִיבוּסָאֵי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Preserve for your own sake that which I command you today. I am driving out [from] before you the Emorites, the Canaanites, the Chitites, the Perizites, the Chivities, and the Yevusites.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:12
[Onkelos Exodus 34:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:12)

אִסְתַּמַּר לָךְ דִּילְמָא תִגְזַר קְיַם לְיָתֵב אַרְעָא דִּי אַתְּ עָלֵל עֲלַהּ דִּילְמָא יְהֵי לְתַקְלָא בֵּינָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
For your own sake, be careful not to make a covenant with the people who live in the land to which you are coming, lest it be a trap in your midst.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:13
[Onkelos Exodus 34:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:13)

אֲרֵי יָת אֲגוֹרֵיהוֹן תְּתַרְעוּן וְיָת קָמַתְהוֹן תְּתַבְּרוּן וְיָת אֲשֵׁרֵיהוֹן תְּקַצְּצוּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Rather you must shatter their altars, break down their monuments, and cut down their asherah-trees.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:14
[Onkelos Exodus 34:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:14)

אֲרֵי לָא תִסְגּוֹד **לְטַעֲוַת עַמְמַיָּא** אֲרֵי יְיָ קַנָּא שְׁמֵיהּ אֵל קַנָּא הוּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
For you must not prostrate yourselves to another god [**false gods of the peoples**], because Adonoy—Jealous is His Name—He is a Jealous Almighty [God].


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:15
[Onkelos Exodus 34:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:15)

דִּילְמָא תִגְזַר קְיַם לְיָתֵב אַרְעָא וְיִטְעוּן בָּתַר **טַעֲוַתְהוֹן** וְיִדְבְּחוּן לְטַעֲוַתְהוֹן וְיִקְרוּן לָךְ וְתֵיכוּל מִדִּבְחֵיהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
[Take care] not to make a covenant with the people who live in the land, and go astray after their [**false**] gods [religions], and sacrifice to their [**false**] gods, [for he] will then call you and you will eat of his sacrifice.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:16
[Onkelos Exodus 34:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:16)

וְתִסַּב מִבְּנַתְהוֹן לִבְנָיךְ וְיִטְעַיַּן בְּנַתְהוֹן בָּתַר **טַעֲוַתְהוֹן** וְיִטְעַיַּן יָת בְּנָיךְ בָּתַר **טַעֲוַתְהוֹן**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You will [then] accept his daughters [as wives] for your sons. His daughters will stray after their [**false**] gods, and they will lead your sons to stray after their [**false**] gods.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:17
[Onkelos Exodus 34:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:17)

דַּחֲלַן דְּמַתְכָא לָא תַעְבֵּד לָךְ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You must not make molten gods for yourselves.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:18
[Onkelos Exodus 34:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:18)

יָת חַגָּא דְפַטִּירַיָּא תִּטַּר שִׁבְעָא יוֹמִין תֵּיכוּל פַּטִּירָא כְּמָא דִי פַקֵּדְתָּךְ לִזְמַן יַרְחָא דְאַבִּיבָא אֲרֵי בְּיַרְחָא דְאַבִּיבָא נְפַקְתָּא מִמִּצְרָיִם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Preserve the Festival of Matzos. Eat matzos for seven days as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of ripening [grain]; for in the month of ripening [grain] you went out of Egypt.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:19
[Onkelos Exodus 34:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:19)

כָּל פָּתַח וַלְדָּא דִּילִי וְכָל בְּעִירָךְ דִּכְרִין **תַּקְדֵּשׁ בְּכוֹר** תּוֹר וְאִימָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
All that opens the womb [the first-born] is Mine, and of all your livestock that is male [**you shall sanctify**], that open [the womb] [**the first-born**] both cattle and sheep.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:20
[Onkelos Exodus 34:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:20)

**וּבוּכְרָא** דַחֲמָרָא תִּפְרוֹק בְּאִימְרָא וְאִם לָא תִפְרוֹק וְתַנְקְפֵיהּ כָּל בּוּכְרָא דִבְנָיךְ תִּפְרוֹק וְלָא יִתְחֲזוּן קֳדָמַי רֵיקָנִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The [**first-born**] donkey that opens the womb shall be redeemed with a sheep, and if it is not redeemed, you must break its neck. [You must] redeem all first-born of your sons, and you must not appear before Me empty-handed.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:21
[Onkelos Exodus 34:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:21)

שִׁתָּא יוֹמִין תִּפְלָח וּבְיוֹמָא שְׁבִיעָאָה תְּנוּחַ **בִּזְרוֹעָא** וּבַחֲצָדָא תְּנוּחַ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Six days you shall work but on the Seventh day you must cease; you must cease plowing [**sowing**] and harvesting.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:22
[Onkelos Exodus 34:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:22)

וְחַגָּא דְשָׁבוּעַיָּא תַּעְבֵּד לָךְ בִּכּוּרֵי חֲצַד חִטִּין וְחַגָּא דִּכְנָשָׁא בְּמִפְקָא דְּשַׁתָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Make the Festival of Shavuos, [with bringing] the first crops of the wheat harvest; [also] the Festival of the Harvest at the turn of the year.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:23
[Onkelos Exodus 34:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:23)

תְּלַת זִמְנִין בְּשַׁתָּא יִתְחֲזוּן כָּל דְּכוּרָיךְ קֳדָם רִבּוֹן **עָלְמָא** יְיָ אֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Presence of the Master [**of the world**], Adonoy, God of Yisrael.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:24
[Onkelos Exodus 34:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:24)

אֲרֵי אֲתָרֵךְ עַמְמִין מִן קֳדָמָךְ וְאַפְתֵּי יָת תְּחוּמָךְ וְלָא יַחְמֵד אֱנַשׁ יָת אַרְעָךְ בְּמִסְקָךְ לְאִתְחַזָּאָה קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ תְּלַת זִמְנִין בְּשַׁתָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
For I will drive out the nations before you, and I will expand your boundaries; and no man will covet your land when you go up to appear before Adonoy, your God, three times a year.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:25
[Onkelos Exodus 34:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:25)

לָא תִכּוֹס עַל חֲמִיעַ דַּם **פִּסְחִי** וְלָא יְבִתוּן לְצַפְרָא **בַּר מִמַּדְבְּחָא תַּרְבֵּי** נִכְסַת חַגָּא דְפִסְחָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Do not slaughter [the Pesach-offering to offer] the blood of My sacrifice [**Pesach-offering**] while there is chometz; and do not allow to remain overnight until morning [**off the Altar**] any [**fats**] of the offering of the Pesach Festival.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:26
[Onkelos Exodus 34:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:26)

רֵישׁ בִּכּוּרֵי אַרְעָךְ תַּיְתֵי לְבֵית **מַקְדְּשָׁא** דַּיְיָ אֱלָהָךְ לָא **תֵיכְלוּן בְּשַׂר בַּחֲלָב**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The first fruits of your land, you shall bring to the House [**of the Sanctuary**] of Adonoy, your God. You must not cook a kid in its mother’s milk [**eat meat with milk**].


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:27
[Onkelos Exodus 34:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:27)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה כְּתַב לָךְ יָת פִּתְגָּמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין אֲרֵי **עַל מֵימַר** פִּתְגָּמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין גְּזָרִית עִמָּךְ קְיַם וְעִם יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Write these words down for yourself, for with [**regarding the expression of**] these words I have made a covenant with you and with [the B’nei] Yisrael.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:28
[Onkelos Exodus 34:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:28)

וַהֲוָה תַמָּן **קֳדָם** יְיָ אַרְבְּעִין יְמָמִין וְאַרְבְּעִין לֵילָוָן לַחְמָא לָא אֲכַל וּמַיָּא לָא שְׁתֵי וּכְתַב עַל לוּחַיָּא יָת פִּתְגָּמֵי קְיָמָא עַשְׂרָא פִּתְגָּמִין:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He [Moshe] remained there with [**before**] Adonoy for forty days and forty nights. He did not eat bread nor drink water, and He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Words [commandments.]


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:29
[Onkelos Exodus 34:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:29)

וַהֲוָה כַּד נְחַת משֶׁה מִטּוּרָא דְסִינַי וּתְרֵין לוּחֵי סַהֲדוּתָא בִּידָא דְמשֶׁה בְּמֵחֲתֵיהּ מִן טוּרָא וּמשֶׁה לָא יְדַע אֲרֵי **סְגֵי זִיו יְקָרָא** דְאַפּוֹהִי בְּמַלָּלוּתֵיהּ עִמֵּיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And when Moshe came down from Mount Sinai, and the two Tablets of the Testimony were in Moshe’s hand when he came down from the Mountain. Moshe did not know that the skin [**splendor of the glory**] of his face had become radiant [**increased**] when He [God] spoke to him.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:30
[Onkelos Exodus 34:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:30)

וַחֲזָא אַהֲרֹן וְכָל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יָת משֶׁה וְהָא **סְגֵי זִיו יְקָרָא** דְאַפּוֹהִי וּדְחִילוּ מִלְּאִתְקְרָבָא לְוָתֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When Aharon and all the B’nei Yisrael saw Moshe, and beheld that the skin [**splendor of the glory**] of his face had become radiant [**increased**], they were afraid to come close to him.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:31
[Onkelos Exodus 34:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:31)

וּקְרָא לְהוֹן משֶׁה וְתָבוּ לְוָתֵיהּ אַהֲרֹן וְכָל רַבְרְבַיָּא בִּכְנִשְׁתָּא וּמַלֵּל משֶׁה עִמְּהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe called to them and they returned to him—Aharon and all the leaders of the congregation—and Moshe spoke to them.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:32
[Onkelos Exodus 34:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:32)

וּבָתַר כֵּן אִתְקְרִיבוּ כָּל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּפַקֵּדִנּוּן יָת כָּל דִּי מַלֵּל יְיָ עִמֵּיהּ בְּטוּרָא דְסִינָי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
After that, all the B’nei Yisrael came close [to him] and he commanded them [regarding] all that Adonoy had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:33
[Onkelos Exodus 34:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:33)

וְשֵׁיצֵי משֶׁה מִלְמַלָּלָא עִמְּהוֹן וִיהַב עַל אַפּוֹהִי **בֵּית אַפֵּי**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When Moshe finished speaking with them, he placed a [**face**] cover[**ing**] over his face.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:34
[Onkelos Exodus 34:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:34)

וְכַד עָלֵל משֶׁה לָקֳדָם יְיָ לְמַלָּלָא עִמֵּיהּ אַעְדִּי יָת **בֵּית אַפּוֹהִי** עַד מִפְּקֵיהּ וְנָפֵק וּמְמַלֵּל עִם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יָת דִי מִתְפַּקָּד:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
[But] when Moshe came before Adonoy, to speak to Him; he removed the [**face**] cover[**ing**] until he was ready to leave. and he would then go out and speak to the B’nei Yisrael, [telling them] what he had been commanded.


###### Onkelos Exodus 34:35
[Onkelos Exodus 34:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/34:35)

וַחֲזָן בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יָת אַפֵּי משֶׁה אֲרֵי **סְגֵי זִיו יְקָרָא** דְאַפֵּי משֶׁה וַאֲתֵב משֶׁה יָת **בֵּית אַפֵּי** עַל אַפּוֹהִי עַד דְּעָלֵל לְמַלָּלָא עִמֵּיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The B’nei Yisrael saw Moshe’s face, that the skin [**splendor of the glory**] of Moshe’s face had become radiant [**increased**], and Moshe replaced the [**face**] cover[**ing**] over his face until he would come in to speak to Him [Adonoy].