When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face. The veil is put on after the speaking, not during it. Moses speaks with his face uncovered — the community receives the covenant commands with the full radiance visible — and then the veil goes on. 2 Corinthians 3:13 says Moses veiled his face to prevent Israel from seeing the end of what was passing away. Paul reads the veil as covering the fading of the glory — what Moses covered was the diminishment of the shining, not its brightness. The permanent radiance of the new covenant cannot be veiled: believers are transformed from glory to glory with unveiled faces.

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