"To the transgressor it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God; but Moses stood alone in the presence of the Eternal One, and he was not afraid; for his soul was in harmony with the will of his Maker. Says the psalmist, “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.” Psalm 66:18 . But “the secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him; and He will show them His covenant.” Psalm 25:14 . PP 329.1"
"If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:"
Ellen White directly references Psalms 66:18 in this passage.
"The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant."
Ellen White directly references Psalms 25:14 in this passage.
"It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."
EGW directly quotes Hebrews 10:31.
"The Deity proclaimed Himself, “The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty.” PP 329.2"
"And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,"
EGW directly quotes and references Exodus 34:6.
"“Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.” Again he entreated that God would pardon the iniquity of His people, and take them for His inheritance. His prayer was granted. The Lord graciously promised to renew His favor to Israel, and in their behalf to do marvels such as had not been done “in all the earth, nor in any nation.” PP 329.3"
"And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped."
EGW directly quotes and references Exodus 34:8.
"Forty days and nights Moses remained in the mount; and during all this time, as at the first, he was miraculously sustained. No man had been permitted to go up with him, nor during the time of his absence were any to approach the mount. At God's command he had prepared two tables of stone, and had taken them with him to the summit; and again the Lord “wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.” [See Appendix, note 5 .] PP 329.4"
"And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments."
The EGW passage directly recounts and elaborates on the events described in Exodus 34:28, including Moses' time on the mountain, his fasting, and God writing on the tablets.
During that long time spent in communion with God, the face of Moses had reflected the glory of the divine Presence; unknown to himself his face shone with a dazzling light when he descended from the mountain. Such a light illumined the countenance of Stephen when brought before his judges; “and all that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.” Acts 6:15 . Aaron as well as the people shrank away from Moses, and “they were afraid to come nigh him.” Seeing their confusion and terror, but ignorant of the cause, he urged them to come near. He held out to them the pledge of God's reconciliation, and assured them of His restored favor. They perceived in his voice nothing but love and entreaty, and at last one ventured to approach him. Too awed to speak, he silently pointed to the countenance of Moses, and then toward heaven. The great leader understood his meaning. In their conscious guilt, feeling themselves still under the divine di…
"And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel."
Ellen White directly references Acts 6:15 in this passage.
"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."
The EGW passage directly references and expands upon the biblical account of Moses' face shining after being in God's presence, as described in Exodus 34:29. It also draws a parallel with Stephen's radiant face in Acts 6:15.
"But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:"
Both passages discuss the shining face of Moses and the inability of the Israelites to look at him directly. While 2 Corinthians 3:7 offers a theological interpretation of this event, the EGW passage describes the event itself, creating a thematic parallel.