19三十节说:“亚伦和以色列众人看见摩西的面皮发光,就怕挨近他。”摩西不知道自己的脸上发了光,但亚伦和以色列人晓得,就因他发光的脸面害怕。摩西与他们相会以后,也晓得自己的面皮发了光。因此,“摩西与他们说完了话,就用帕子蒙上脸。”(33。)但摩西回到神面前的时侯,就揭去帕子:“摩西进到耶和华面前与祂说话,就揭去帕子;及至出来的时候,便将耶和华所吩咐的告诉以色列人。以色列人看见摩西的面皮发光,摩西又用帕子蒙上脸,直到他进去与耶和华说话的时候。”(34~35,另译。)这指明摩西敞着脸与神说话。这也使我们想起保罗在林后三章十八节所说,以没有帕子遮蔽的脸来观看并返照主,就变化成为祂的形像。这也是发光的问题,因为发光就是神的形像显现出来。今天我们需要揭去帕子,以没有帕子遮蔽的脸来观看并返照主。然后我们就会变化成为祂的形像,这就是我们发了光。
19Verse 30 says, “And Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him.” Moses did not know that his face was shining, but Aaron and the children of Israel knew it, and they were frightened by his shining face. After Moses met with them, he also realized that the skin of his face was shining. Therefore, “when Moses finished speaking with them, he put a veil upon his face” (v. 33). But when Moses returned to God, he took off the veil: “When Moses went in before Jehovah to speak with Him, he took the veil off until he came out; and when he came out, he spoke to the sons of Israel what he was commanded. And the sons of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone. And Moses put the veil on his face again until he went in to speak with Him” (vv. 34-35). This indicates that Moses had an open face to converse with God. This also reminds us of Paul’s word in 2 Corinthians 3:18 about beholding the Lord with an unveiled face and reflecting Him as we are transformed into His image. This too is a matter of shining, for the shining is the appearing of God’s image. Today we need to take off the veil to behold and reflect the Lord with an unveiled face. Then we shall be transformed into His image, and that will be our shining.