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

He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit produces life.

and I died. The commandment that was meant for life resulted in death for me.

Written

It is clear that you are Christ’s letter, produced by us, not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God—not on stone tablets but on tablets that are hearts of flesh.

The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay there so that I may give you the stone tablets with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

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

Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides—inscribed front and back.

The Lord said to Moses, “Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

He declared His covenant to you. He commanded you to follow the Ten Commandments, which He wrote on two stone tablets.

“The Lord spoke these commands in a loud voice to your entire assembly from the fire, cloud, and thick darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant the Lord made with you, I stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights. I did not eat bread or drink water.

“The Lord said to me at that time, ‘Cut two stone tablets like the first ones and come to Me on the mountain and make a wooden ark.

It contained the gold altar of incense and the ark of the covenant, covered with gold on all sides, in which there was a gold jar containing the manna, Aaron’s staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.

Was

And what great nation has righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

You came down on Mount Sinai,
and spoke to them from heaven.
You gave them impartial ordinances, reliable instructions,
and good statutes and commands.

The instruction of the Lord is perfect,
renewing one’s life;
the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy,
making the inexperienced wise.

מ MemHow I love Your instruction!
It is my meditation all day long.

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.

The Lord God made clothing out of skins for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.

That

As Moses descended from Mount Sinai—with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands as he descended the mountain—he did not realize that the skin of his face shone as a result of his speaking with the Lord.

As He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became dazzling white.

And all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at him and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

General references

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

and I died. The commandment that was meant for life resulted in death for me.