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In verses thirteen to eighteen, Paul alludes to an event on Mount Sinai. When Moses came down Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments, his face glowed from being in God’s presence. Moses had to put on a veil to keep the people from being terrified by the brightness of his face. Paul adds that this veil kept them from seeing the radiance fade away. Moses and his veil illustrate the fading of the old covenant and the veiling of people’s mind and understanding by their pride and hardness of heart, and refusal to repent. The veil keeps them from understanding the references to Christ in the Scriptures.

When we become Christians, God removes the veil giving us insight of the truth, which allows us to reflect God’s glory.

2 Corinthians 3:13-18
13 We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away. 14 But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. 15 Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. 16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate[a] the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.