⁷Now if the ministry that brought death, chiseled in letters on stones, came with glory,^aa so that the Israelites were not able to gaze steadily at Moses’s face because of its glory, which was set aside, ⁸how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? ⁹For if the ministry that brought condemnation had glory, the ministry that brings righteousness overflows with even more glory. ¹⁰In fact, what had been glorious is not glorious now by comparison because of the glory that surpasses it. ¹¹For if what was set aside^ab was glorious, what endures will be even more glorious.

¹²Since, then, we have such a hope,^ac we act with great boldness. ¹³We are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face^ad to prevent the Israelites from gazing steadily until the end^D of the glory of what was being set aside, ¹⁴but their minds were hardened.^ae For to this day, at the reading of the old covenant,^af the same veil remains; it is not lifted, because it is set aside only in Christ.^ag ¹⁵Yet still today, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts, ¹⁶but whenever a person turns^ah to the Lord, the veil is removed.^ai

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Footnotes

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Cross references

aa Ex 34:29–35; Mk 10:37; Lk 9:32; Jn 17:24; 2Co 3:18; 2Pt 3:18
ab Heb 2:14
ac 1Th 1:3
ad Ex 34:33
ae Mk 8:17; Heb 3:13
af Ac 13:15; 15:21; Heb 7:22
ag Rm 16:7; 1Pt 5:14
ah 1Pt 2:25
ai Ex 34:34