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Why do many Renaissance images of Moses depict him with horns protruding from his
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its becuase of him returning to the people after receiving the commandments

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The depiction of a horned Moses stems from the description of Moses' face as "cornuta" ("horned") in the Latin Vulgate translation of the passage found at Exodus chapter 34, specifically verses 29, 30 and 35, in which Moses returns to the people after receiving the commandments for the second time

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