Exodus 34:28–35

²⁸So he was there with the Lord ^aforty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And ^1bhe wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, ^cthe Ten ²Commandments.

Moses’ Face Shines

²⁹It came about when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the ^atwo tablets of the testimony were in Moses’ hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that ^bthe skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him.

³⁰So when Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and ^athey were afraid to come near him.

³¹Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers in the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them.

³²Afterward all the sons of Israel came near, and he commanded them to do everything that the Lord had spoken ¹to him on Mount Sinai.

³³When Moses had finished speaking with them, ^ahe put a veil over his face.

³⁴But whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with Him, ^ahe would take off the veil until he came out; and whenever he came out and spoke to the sons of Israel what he had been commanded,

^35athe sons of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone. So Moses would replace the veil over his face until he went in to speak with Him.