<p>3:7 <i>But if that which ministered death, written, engraved on stones, came with glory (so that the children of Israel could not look continually upon the presence of Moses' face because of its brightness, fading as this glory was)- </i>The allusion here and in :10 is to the LXX of Ex. 34:29,35: &ldquo;Moses knew not that the appearance of the skin of his face was glorified... The children of Israel saw the face of Moses that it was glorified&rdquo;. The LXX in Exodus makes it clear that Moses veiled his face so that the Israelites would not perceive that the glory he received faded. This contrasts with the open, plain declaration of Christ's glory, which was reflected in Paul's plain and open speaking (:12). The glory which came from the old covenant was blinding, whereas Paul will develop the contrast with the glory of the new covenant, which is transforming, not blinding.</p>