The Greater Glory of the New Covenant

Now if the ministry that brought death,(A) 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,(B) transitory though it was,

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Christ is the culmination of the law(A) so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.(B)

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If the ministry that brought condemnation(A) was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness!(B) 10 For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory. 11 And if what was transitory came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!

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You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God,(A) not on tablets of stone(B) but on tablets of human hearts.(C)

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10 but when completeness comes,(A) what is in part disappears.

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18 When the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai,(A) he gave him the two tablets of the covenant law, the tablets of stone(B) inscribed by the finger of God.(C)

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12 The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone(A) with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

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He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant(A)—not of the letter(B) but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.(C)

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22 For in my inner being(A) I delight in God’s law;(B)

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10 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life(A) actually brought death.

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15 because the law brings wrath.(A) And where there is no law there is no transgression.(B)

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15 All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin(A) looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

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29 As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. 30 Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus. 31 They spoke about his departure,[a](A) which he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 9:31 Greek exodos

Tablets Like the First Ones

10 At that time the Lord said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets(A) like the first ones and come up to me on the mountain. Also make a wooden ark.[a] I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Then you are to put them in the ark.”(B)

So I made the ark out of acacia wood(C) and chiseled(D) out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hands. The Lord wrote on these tablets what he had written before, the Ten Commandments(E) he had proclaimed(F) to you on the mountain, out of the fire, on the day of the assembly.(G) And the Lord gave them to me.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 10:1 That is, a chest

15 So I turned and went down from the mountain while it was ablaze with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.(A)

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12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.(A)

13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good(B) to bring about my death,(C) so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual,(D) sold(E) as a slave to sin.(F)

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When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant(A) that the Lord had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days(B) and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water.(C) 10 The Lord gave me two stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God.(D) On them were all the commandments the Lord proclaimed to you on the mountain out of the fire, on the day of the assembly.(E)

11 At the end of the forty days and forty nights,(F) the Lord gave me the two stone tablets,(G) the tablets of the covenant.

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13 He declared to you his covenant,(A) the Ten Commandments,(B) which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two stone tablets.

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28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights(A) without eating bread or drinking water.(B) And he wrote on the tablets(C) the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.(D)

The Radiant Face of Moses

29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai(E) with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands,(F) he was not aware that his face was radiant(G) because he had spoken with the Lord. 30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. 31 But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community(H) came back to him, and he spoke to them. 32 Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them all the commands(I) the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai.

33 When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil(J) over his face. 34 But whenever he entered the Lord’s presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, 35 they saw that his face was radiant.(K) Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the Lord.

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The New Stone Tablets

34 The Lord said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones,(A) and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets,(B) which you broke.(C)

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19 When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf(A) and the dancing,(B) his anger burned(C) and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces(D) at the foot of the mountain.

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15 Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant law(A) in his hands.(B) They were inscribed(C) on both sides, front and back. 16 The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.(D)

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21 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.(A)

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which had the golden altar of incense(A) and the gold-covered ark of the covenant.(B) This ark contained the gold jar of manna,(C) Aaron’s staff that had budded,(D) and the stone tablets of the covenant.(E)

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13 We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face(A) to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away. 14 But their minds were made dull,(B) for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant(C) is read.(D) It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.

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