2 Corinthians 3:13

11 For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!

12 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.

We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.

14 But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.

15 And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.
KJV
And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
WEB
and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face so that the children of Israel wouldn’t look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.
ASV
and [are] not as Moses, [who] put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel should not look stedfastly on the end of that which was passing away:
DARBY
and not according as Moses put a veil on his own face, so that the children of Israel should not fix their eyes on the end of that annulled.
BLB
and not as Moses would put a veil over his face for the sons of Israel not to look intently into the end of what [was] fading away.
ÅB
og gjør ikke som Moses, som la et dekke over sitt åsyn, for at Israels barn ikke skulle skue enden av det som svant.
OTB
Og vi er ikke som Moses, som ville legge et slør over ansiktet sitt slik at Israels sønner ikke skulle feste blikket på det som var avtagende.
B1930
og gjør ikke som Moses, som la et dekke over sitt åsyn, forat Israels barn ikke skulde skue enden av det som svant.

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