The Shining Face of Moses

²⁹ Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the ^(A)two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses’ hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that ^(B)the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him. ³⁰ So when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. ³¹ Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him; and Moses talked with them. ³² Afterward all the children of Israel came near, ^(C)and he gave them as commandments all that the Lord had spoken with him on Mount Sinai. ³³ And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put ^(D)a veil on his face. ³⁴ But ^(E)whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with Him, he would take the veil off until he came out; and he would come out and speak to the children of Israel whatever he had been commanded. ³⁵ And whenever the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone, then Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with Him.

¹² Therefore, since we have such hope, ^(A)we use great boldness of speech— ¹³ unlike Moses, ^(B)who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at ^(C)the end of what was passing away. ¹⁴ But ^(D)their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. ¹⁵ But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. ¹⁶ Nevertheless ^(E)when one turns to the Lord, ^(F)the veil is taken away. ¹⁷ Now ^(G)the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is ^(H)liberty. ¹⁸ But we all, with unveiled face, beholding ^(I)as in a mirror ^(J)the glory of the Lord, ^(K)are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as ^[a]by the Spirit of the Lord.

The Light of Christ’s Gospel

4 Therefore, since we have this ministry, ^(L)as we have received mercy, we ^(M)do not lose heart. ² But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor ^[b]handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth ^(N)commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.