2 Corinthians 3:15

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But until this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds,

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  • Acts 13:27-29 : 27 For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him. 28 Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed. 29 When they had accomplished everything that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.

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    12Therefore, since we have such a hope, we behave with great boldness,

    13and not like Moses who used to put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from staring at the result of the glory that was made ineffective.

    14But their minds were closed. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away.

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    16but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.

    17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom.

    18And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

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    33When Moses finished speaking with them, he would put a veil on his face.

    34But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he came out. Then he would come out and tell the Israelites what he had been commanded.

    35When the Israelites would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone, Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with the LORD.

  • 2 Cor 4:3-4
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    3But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing,

    4among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.

  • 7The Greater Glory of the Spirit’s Ministry But if the ministry that produced death– carved in letters on stone tablets– came with glory, so that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face(a glory which was made ineffective),

  • 8as it is written,“God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day.”

  • 15As it says,“Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

  • 21For Moses has had those who proclaim him in every town from ancient times, because he is read aloud in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

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    14And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.

    15For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’

  • 40“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them.”

  • 4But to this very day the LORD has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears!

  • 16Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn!

  • 10Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”

  • 16(but their eyes were kept from recognizing him).

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    7Exposition of Psalm 95: Hearing God’s Word in Faith Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,“Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!

    8“Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness.

  • 18They are darkened in their understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

  • 13The Lord says,“These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual.

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    26when he said,‘Go to this people and say,“You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive.

    27For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.”’

  • 4When reading this, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ

  • 3And after the second curtain there was a tent called the holy of holies.

  • 15Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

  • 18They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.

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    2You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone,

    3revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts.

  • 1Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

  • 6Why harden your hearts like the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When God treated them harshly, didn’t the Egyptians send the Israelites on their way?

  • 12so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”

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    29The Radiant Face of Moses Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand– when he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.

    30When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to approach him.

  • 22So Moses extended his hand toward heaven, and there was absolute darkness throughout the land of Egypt for three days.

  • 45Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,

  • 8And just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people– who have warped minds and are disqualified in the faith– also oppose the truth.

  • 31When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord,

  • 11To you this entire prophetic revelation is like words in a sealed scroll. When they hand it to one who can read and say,“Read this,” he responds,“I can’t, because it is sealed.”

  • 3Then Moses and Elijah also appeared before them, talking with him.

  • 1The Eighth Blow: Locusts The LORD said to Moses,“Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, in order to display these signs of mine before him,

  • 18“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

  • 10let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and make their backs bend continually.”

  • 13Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • 17When he learned of this, Jesus said to them,“Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened?