...As Moses came down from the mountain bearing the two tablets of the Pact, Moses was not aware that the skin of his face was radiant, since he had spoken with Him. Aron and all the Israelites saw that the skin of Moses' face was radiant; and they shrank from coming near him. But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the chieftains in the assembly returned to him, and Moses spoke to them. Afterward all the Israelites came near, and he instructed them concerning all that the LORD had imparted to him on Mount Sinai. And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.
Whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him,
he would leave the veil off until he came out;
and when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded,
the Israelites would see how radiant the skin of Moses' face was.
Moses would them put the veil back over his face until he went in
to speak with Him.
(The Torah -- Exodus 34:29-35)
The following passage is nominally about the city of Jerusalem:
Arise, shine, for your light has dawned; the Presence of the
LORD has shone upon you! Behold! Darkness shall cover the earth,
And thick clouds the peoples; But upon you the LORD will shine...
As you behold, you will glow; Your heart will throb and thrill...
No longer shall you need the sun for light by day, nor the shining of the moon
for radiance [by night]; for the LORD shall be your light everlasting,
Your God shall be your glory. Your sun shall set no more, Your moon
no more withdraw; For the LORD shall be a light to your
forever, And your days of mourning shall be ended.
(The Nevi'im -- Isaiah 60:1, 2, 5, 19, 20)
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