Now if the ministry of death, engraved in letters on stones [the covenant of the Law which led to death because of sin], came with such glory and splendor that the Israelites were not able to look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, [a brilliance] that was fading,

Indeed, what had glory [the Law], in this case no longer has glory because of the glory that surpasses it [the gospel].

and we are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the Israelites would not gaze at the end of the glory which was fading away.

But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil [of blindness] lies over their heart;