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No Latin words were confused in suggesting that Moses was horny. The mistranslation is from the Hebrew "qaran." This word can mean to grow horns or to send out rays. Saint Jerome opted for the former, without due regard to the context, creating the basis for Michelangelo's assumption that Moses had protrusions growing out of his head rather than light emitting from his head. Jerry shudda looked at II Corinthians 3:13, where Saint Paul got the Hebrew right.
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