The Face of Moses Shines

²⁷Then the LORD told Moses, "Write down these words, because this covenant I've made with you and with Israel is based on exactly these terms." ²⁸Moses stayed there with the LORD for 40 days and 40 nights without eating any food or drinking any water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the 10 commandments. ²⁹When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in his hand, he didn't realize that the skin of his face was shining because he had been speaking with God. ³⁰When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiating light, and they were afraid to go near him. ³¹But Moses called out to them. Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and Moses spoke with them. ³²After that, all the Israelites came closer, and Moses gave them every command the LORD had spoken to him on Mount Sinai. ³³And until Moses had finished speaking with them, he kept a veil on his face. ³⁴Whenever Moses went into the LORD's presence to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he came back out. Then he would tell the Israelites everything he had been commanded. ³⁵The Israelites could see that Moses' face was glowing. So Moses would put the veil back over his face until the next time he went in to speak with the LORD.