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.

For the sun comes up with its scorching heat and dries up the grass, and the flowers wither, and all their beauty is gone. That is the way rich men will fade and die in the midst of their pursuits.

For "All flesh is like grass, And all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass withers, And the flower fades,

and when the chief shepherd appears, you will receive the glorious wreath that will never fade.