2 Corinthians 3:16

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

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  • Exod 34:34 : 34 But 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.
  • Isa 25:7 : 7 On this mountain he will swallow up the shroud that is over all the peoples, the woven covering that is over all the nations;
  • Isa 29:18 : 18 At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.
  • Isa 54:13 : 13 All your children will be followers of the LORD, and your children will enjoy great prosperity.
  • Jer 31:34 : 34 “People will no longer need to teach their neighbors and relatives to know me. For all of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me,” says the LORD.“For I will forgive their sin and will no longer call to mind the wrong they have done.”
  • Lam 3:40 : 40 נ(Nun) Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the LORD.
  • Hos 3:4-5 : 4 For the Israelites must live many days without a king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred fertility pillar, without ephod or idols. 5 Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the LORD their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the LORD in fear and receive his blessings in the future.
  • John 6:45-46 : 45 It is written in the prophets,‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to me. 46 (Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God– he has seen the Father.)
  • Rom 11:23 : 23 And even they– if they do not continue in their unbelief– will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
  • Rom 11:25-27 : 25 For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:“The Deliverer will come out of Zion; he will remove ungodliness from Jacob. 27 And this is my covenant with them, when I take away their sins.”
  • Deut 4:30 : 30 In your distress when all these things happen to you in the latter days, if you return to the LORD your God and obey him
  • Deut 30:10 : 10 if you obey the LORD your God and keep his commandments and statutes that are written in this scroll of the law. But you must turn to him with your whole mind and being.

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