2 Corinthians 3:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

The ministration

2 Corinthians 3:6

Romans 7:10

Written

Was

That

Exodus 34:29

Luke 9:29

Acts 6:15

General references

Exodus 32:16

Romans 7:10

Bible References

The ministration

who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

and this commandment, which was

to result in life, proved to result in death for me;

Written

being manifested that you are a letter of Christ,

cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of

human hearts.

Now the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and remain there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandment which I have written for their instruction.”

When He had finished speaking with him upon Mount Sinai, He gave Moses the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written by the finger of God.

Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets which were written on both sides; they were written on one side and the other.

Now the Lord said to Moses, “Cut out for yourself two stone tablets like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered.

So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, that is, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.

“These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud and of the thick gloom, with a great voice, and He added no more. He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

When I went up to the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the Lord had made with you, then I remained on the mountain forty days and nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water.

“At that time the Lord said to me, ‘Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone like the former ones, and come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood for yourself.

having a golden

altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden jar holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod which budded, and the tables of the covenant;

Was

Or what great nation is there that has statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole law which I am setting before you today?

“Then You came down on Mount Sinai,
And spoke with them from heaven;
You gave them just ordinances and true laws,
Good statutes and commandments.

The law of the Lord is

perfect, restoring the soul;

The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

Mem.
O how I love Your law!
It is my meditation all the day.

So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.

That

It came about when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses’ hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him.

And while He was praying, the appearance of His face became different, and His clothing became white and gleaming.

And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the

Council saw his face like the face of an angel.

General references

The tablets were God’s work, and the writing was God’s writing engraved on the tablets.

and this commandment, which was

to result in life, proved to result in death for me;