Moses cuts the stone himself this time. What is proclaimed in answer to show me thy glory turns out not to be a sight but a sentence — merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and by no means clearing the guilty. It becomes the most quoted self-description in the Hebrew Bible, and Jonah quotes it as a grievance. Moses comes down not knowing his face is shining. One obscure verb, one translator’s choice, and Michelangelo gave him horns.