But if the religion of death, carved in letters of stone, was ushered in with such splendor, so that the Israelites could not look at Moses' face on account of the brightness that was fading from it,

For if what faded away came with splendor, how much more splendid what is permanent must be!

not like Moses, who used to wear a veil over his face, to keep the Israelites from gazing at the fading of the splendor from it.