27. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write everything that I have told you. This is the agreement that I made with you and the Israelites.”
28. Moses stayed there with the Lord for 40 days and 40 nights. Moses did not eat any food or drink any water. And he wrote the words of the agreement (the Ten Commandments) on the two stone tablets.
29. When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, he carried the two stone tablets of the agreement. Because he had talked with the Lord, his face was shining, but he did not know it.
30. Aaron and all the people of Israel saw that Moses’ face was shining bright. So they were afraid to go near him.
31. But Moses called to them. So Aaron and all the leaders of the people went to him. Moses talked with them.
32. After that all the Israelites came near Moses, and he gave them the commands that the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai.
33. When Moses finished speaking to the people, he put a covering over his face.
34. Any time Moses went before the Lord to speak with him, Moses took off the covering. Then Moses would come out and tell the Israelites what the Lord commanded.
35. The people would see that Moses’ face was shining bright, so he would cover his face again. He kept his face covered until the next time he went in to speak with the Lord.