27 The Lord said to Moses: "Write down these words because by these words I hereby make a covenant with you and with Israel."
28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He didn’t eat any bread or drink any water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten words.
29 Moses came down from Mount Sinai. As he came down from the mountain with the two covenant tablets in his hand, Moses didn’t realize that the skin of his face shone brightly because he had been talking with God.
30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw the skin of Moses’ face shining brightly, they were afraid to come near him.
31 But Moses called them closer. So Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and Moses spoke with them.
32 After that, all the Israelites came near as well, and Moses commanded them everything that the Lord had spoken with him on Mount Sinai.
33 When Moses finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.