Exodus
34:29-35
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Before examining 2Corinthians 3:6-16, it will be helpful if
we are familiar with the following account of Moses receiving the Old Covenant
Law from God on Mount
Sinai:
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Exodus 34:29-35 - When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he
was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the LORD. 30
When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they
were afraid to come near him. 31 But Moses called to
them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he
spoke to them. 32 Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them
all the commands the LORD had given him on Mount Sinai. 33 When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a
veil over his face. 34 But whenever he entered the LORD's presence to speak with him, he removed the veil
until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had
been commanded, 35 they saw that his face was radiant. Then Moses would put the
veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the LORD.