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<p>[QUOTE="Rayo56, post: 4266925, member: 2022"]From an Internet search "Why does a Moses statue have horns"</p><p><br /></p><p>"The horns on the head of Moses apparently result from an incorrect translation of the Exodus book which <b>says that as Moses came down from Sinai, he had two rays on his forehead</b>. The Jewish "karan" or "karnaim" - "rays" - may have been confused with "keren" - "horns".[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Rayo56, post: 4266925, member: 2022"]From an Internet search "Why does a Moses statue have horns" "The horns on the head of Moses apparently result from an incorrect translation of the Exodus book which [B]says that as Moses came down from Sinai, he had two rays on his forehead[/B]. The Jewish "karan" or "karnaim" - "rays" - may have been confused with "keren" - "horns".[/QUOTE]
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