Rev., correctly, is taken away. The verb occurs twice in Acts (Act 27:20, Act 27:40) of the taking away of hope, and of the unfastening of the anchors in Paul's shipwreck; and in Heb 10:11, of the taking away of sins. There is an allusion here to the removal of the veil from Moses' face whenever he returned to commune with God. See Exo 34:34.