Why did Moses put a veil over his face?

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So that the sons of Israel could not gaze on that which was passing away.

The thought here seems to emphasize the fact that the old covenant was incomplete and temporary. It was a "veiled" covenant, the purpose of which was to bring us to a fuller revelation of Christ. Christ is the permanent fullness of the Divine Glory which, prior to the establishing of the new covenant, had been veiled and not permanently established.