“But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:”
Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, transitory though it was — Paul compares the Law's ministry to Moses' theophanic radiance (Exod 34:29-35). The glory was real but temporary (doxazesthai, transitory). The Sinaitic covenant had genuine authority but limited duration.
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