Exodus 34:28–35

^28sSo he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And ^tHe wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ⁴Ten Commandments.

The Shining Face of Moses

²⁹Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the ^utwo tablets of the Testimony were in Moses’ hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that ^vthe skin of his face shone while he talked with Him. ³⁰So when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. ³¹Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him; and Moses talked with them. ³²Afterward all the children of Israel came near, ^wand he gave them as commandments all that the Lord had spoken with him on Mount Sinai. ³³And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put ^xa veil on his face. ³⁴But ^ywhenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak with Him, he would take the veil off until he came out; and he would come out and speak to the children of Israel whatever he had been commanded. ³⁵And whenever the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone, then Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with Him.