²⁹ When Moses went back down Mount Sinai, he carried the two stone tablets in his hands as a witness to their agreement. But he did not realize that the skin on his face was glowing and radiant because he had been speaking with God.

³⁰ When Aaron and the Israelites saw that Moses’ face was shining, they were afraid to get too close to him. ³¹ But when Moses summoned them, Aaron and all the leaders of the community were reassured and approached him. Moses talked to them. ³² After this, all the rest of the people of Israel approached Moses, and he instructed them to do everything that the Eternal had told him on Mount Sinai. ³³ When Moses finished sharing the words of God with them, he covered his face with a veil. ³⁴ From this time on whenever Moses went into the meeting tent to talk with the Eternal, he took off the veil until he left to share with the Israelites the Eternal’s instructions. ³⁵ As Moses was speaking, the Israelites could see that the skin on his face was all aglow. Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until the next time he went to speak with God.