²⁷ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write^(A) down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant^(B) with you and with Israel.” ²⁸ Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights^(C) without eating bread or drinking water.^(D) And he wrote on the tablets^(E) the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.^(F)

The Radiant Face of Moses

²⁹ When Moses came down from Mount Sinai^(G) with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands,^(H) he was not aware that his face was radiant^(I) because he had spoken with the Lord.