Paul rereads the veil of Exodus 34 as part of his explanation of old-covenant reading and new-covenant disclosure. A veil remains when Moses is read apart from Christ, but when one turns to the Lord the veil is taken away. The argument is theological and Christ-centered; it must never become permission for contempt toward Jewish people.

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Exodus 34:34 2 Corinthians 3:16

Paul adapts Moses’ turning toward YHWH and removal of the veil into a call to turn to “the Lord” so the veil is removed. The Exodus scene supplies the narrative pattern, while 2 Corinthians develops it christologically within Paul’s old/new-covenant argument.

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