Saint Jerome of Stridon was a Latin Christian priest who was best known for his translation of the Bible into Latin, which he completed between 382 AD and 406 AD. His translation is called the Vulgata (versio vulgata — means “commonly used translation”), it remained the official biblical text used by the Roman Catholic Church until the 20th century.
Here is where it gets strange:
His translations show Moses having horns, this is the reason statues, painting, books, and carvings depict horns on the head of Moses.
The Chapel at New College, Oxford. 1350
Exodus 34:29-30 Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)
29 And when Moses came down from the mount Sinai, he held the two tables of the testimony, and he knew not that his face was horned from the conversation of the Lord. 30 And Aaron and the children of Israel seeing the face of Moses horned, were afraid to come near.
So, it was a true belief for many that Moses had horns but here in the present day, many (for the most part), don’t believe he had horns and follow translations that support that.
Exodus 34:29-30 King James Version (KJV)
29 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. 30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.
Also, keep in mind that if you were born in that day, your Bible stated that Moses had horns. Generations of people were born with the understanding that Moses had horns. When you went to church they preached about the horns.
The cathedral of San Salvador de Oviedo
St. Andrews Church in Westhall, one of England’s finest medieval paintings
San Pietro in Vincoli
Well of Moses, 1395 museum in Dijon
Reality Decoded 
Interesting, I’ve never heard that before.
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I have. Jerome mistook the word for “shining” to mean “horned”.
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Hmm.
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He most certainly did not have horns!
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That may be true but for countless generations those Bibles that were in use at the time said he did.
The people born raised on those Bibles only knew a Moses with horns.
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Yeah. I remember watching a DVD that explained that idea of Moses with horns was a mistranslation, though I can’t remember what the DVD was called.
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There’s another strange thing I found, let me know what you think.
https://realitydecoded.blog/2018/09/24/fact-according-to-the-bible-you-come-from-the-matrix/
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https://www.ufo-secret.com/400-year-old-underground-complex-found-in-the-grand-canyon_09b6414ca.html – It is in my humble opinion, not a misunderstanding that Moses indeed had horns.
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If you didn’t believe he had horns you’d be a heretic. People will believe anything if it’s in the Bible.
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My thing is that some people (few) have horns now, so to dismiss it out right (any book, religious or not) just because its’s not a norm now seems ridiculous.
Why can’t we leave past writings “as is”? This obsession to clean up everything is nonsensical.
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Did too/did not… we have no way of knowing.
Honestly; I wouldn’t be surprised…
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I would be a little surprised if a human had horns. Not the horns that seem like abnormal growths but rather a pair of true, balanced and well formed horns.
If someone I know goes on a trip and comes back with horns I’m going to take the time to be properly surprised and inquisitive.
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Biblical gods aren’t human, so it’d be pretty presumptuous of me to think that their messengers are…
Oh, never mind
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In order to know whether or not it’s a mistranslation, simply look up the Hebrew words.
In which case you will find there are NO horns. So, Jerome was simply wrong.
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This would mean that Bibles could be wrong. I’m not sure everyone would be comfortable with that possibility.
Some may argue divine purpose in this particular Bible version rather than mistakes were made.
But if you are correct then it would open the door to the possibility of other Bibles also having errors. Where would that leave Christianity?
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Human translated into multiple languages and people can not even imagine (a mistake? or purposely)
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It depends on how you perceive it. If it is a book written by men then mistakes can happen but if written by God one must perceive purpose, not mistakes.
I don’t say this to take sides or prove a point but rather to simply define the two views that people have about it.
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Written by God, translated by men.
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Every Bible translation has errors of some sort. For instance, most translations of Romans 10:4 read, “For Christ is the end of the Law.” In reality, it should be translated “Christ is the GOAL of the Law.” Hugely different meaning.
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Where do I find this other translation for that verse?
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Most Messianic translations.
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I did a post on this a while back too. Imagine this. Haha. https://jimoeba.wordpress.com/2018/09/26/the-horns-of-moses/
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It would appear we are walking on opposite sides of the same road. Oo
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… mistranslated?
And then there is the possibility the Council of Nicaea… oh… (I don’t know) just leaving entire “works” out, as not worthy of canonization.
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Good point!
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Doesn’t prove Moses had horns. Proves only that Jew hating started very early in the Roman Church. Such has a long history. See book CONSTANTINE’S SWORD.
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That’s an interesting response, so you are stating that there can be Bibles that are made to hate Jewish people?
I have never heard of such a thing.
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Non-believer: I found something weird in the bible.
Believer: It is just an allegory. No, it is literal. No, it is a mistranslation. No, it is a misinterpretation. And if all else fails, God works in mysterious ways. Just gotta have faith guys.
Moses with devil horns. Hilarious.
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A little hilarity, now and then, is relished by the wisest men.
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