³ So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.

¹⁵ The Lord God took the man ^(A)and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. ¹⁶ And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, ¹⁷ but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ^(B)you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat^[a] of it you ^(C)shall surely die.”

^20 (A)The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. ²¹ And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.

¹² Since we have such a hope, ^(A)we are very bold, ¹³ not like Moses, ^(B)who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being brought to an end. ¹⁴ But ^(C)their minds were ^(D)hardened. For to this day, ^(E)when they read ^(F)the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. ¹⁵ Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. ¹⁶ But when ^(G)one^[a] turns to the Lord, ^(H)the veil is removed. ¹⁷ Now the Lord^[b] is the Spirit, and where ^(I)the Spirit of the Lord is, there is ^(J)freedom. ¹⁸ And we all, with unveiled face, ^(K)beholding ^(L)the glory of the Lord,^{[c] (M)}are being transformed into the same image ^(N)from one degree of glory to another.^[d] For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.