2 Corinthians 3:7

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Yf the ministration of death, through the letters figured in stones, was in glorie, so that the chyldren of Israel coulde not beholde the face of Moyses, for the glorie of his countenaunce, whiche glorie is done away:

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  • Exod 24:12 : 12 And the Lord said vnto Moyses: Come vp to me into the hill, and be there, and I wyll geue thee tables of stone, and a law & comaundementes which I haue written, that thou mayest teache them.
  • Exod 31:18 : 18 And when the Lorde had made an end of commnuyng with Moyses vpon the mount Sinai, he gaue hym two tables of witnesse, euen tables of stone, writen with the finger of God.
  • Rom 7:10 : 10 And I was dead. And the very same commaundemet, which was ordeyned vnto lyfe, was founde to be vnto me an occasion of death.
  • Rom 10:4 : 4 For Christe is the ende of the lawe, for ryghteousnesse to all that beleue.
  • 1 Cor 13:10 : 10 But when that which is perfect, is come, then that which is vnperfect shalbe done away.
  • 2 Cor 3:3 : 3 Forasmuche as ye declare that ye are the epistle of Christ ministred by vs, and written, not with ynke, but with the spirite of the lyuyng God, not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.
  • 2 Cor 3:6 : 6 Which hath made vs able ministers of the newe testament, not of the letter, but of the spirite: For the letter kylleth, but the spirite geueth lyfe.
  • 2 Cor 3:9-9 : 9 For yf the ministration of condempnation be glorie: much more doth the ministration of ryghteousnes exceede in glorie. 10 For euen that which was glorified, is not glorified in respect of this exceedyng glorie. 11 For yf that whiche is destroyed was glorious, much more that which remayneth is glorious.
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delite in the lawe of God, after the inwarde man:
  • Deut 9:15 : 15 And I turned me, and came downe from the hyll, euen from the hyll that burnt with fire, and the two tables of the couenaunt were in my handes.
  • Deut 10:1-4 : 1 In the same season the Lorde sayde vnto me: hewe thee two tables of stone lyke vnto the first, and come vp vnto me into the mount, and make thee an arke of wood. 2 And I wyll wryte in the tables, the wordes that were in the first tables whiche thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the arke. 3 And I made an arke of Sittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone lyke vnto the first, and went vp into the mountayne, hauyng the two tables in myne hande. 4 And he wrote in the tables according to the first wrytyng, the ten commaundementes whiche the Lord spake vnto you in the mount out of the myddes of the fire, in the day when you were gathered together: and the Lorde gaue them vnto me.
  • Neh 9:13 : 13 Thou camest downe also vpon mount Sinai, and speakest vnto them from heauen, and gauest them right iudgementes, true lawes, good commaundementes and statutes:
  • Ps 19:7-8 : 7 The lawe of God is perfect, conuerting the soule: the testimonie of God is sure, and geueth wisdome vnto the simple. 8 The statutes of God are right, and reioyce the heart: the commaundement of God is pure, and geueth light vnto the eyes.
  • Ps 119:97 : 97 Mem Howe greatly do I loue thy lawe? my study is all the day long in it.
  • Ps 119:174 : 174 I haue longed for thy saluation O God: and thy lawe is my whole delight
  • Luke 9:29-31 : 29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenaunce was chaunged, & his garment was whyte, and shone. 30 And beholde, there talked with hym two men, which were Moyses & Elias: 31 That appeared in the maiestie, & spake of his departyng, which he shoulde end at Hierusalem.
  • Acts 6:15 : 15 And all that sate in the counsell, loking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had ben the face of an angell.
  • Rom 4:15 : 15 Because the lawe causeth wrath. For where no lawe is, there is no transgression.
  • Exod 32:15-16 : 15 And Moyses turned his backe, & went downe from the hyll, & the two tables of the testimonie were in his hande. 16 And the same tables were written in both the leaues, euen on the one side, & on the other, were they written: And these tables were the worke of God, and the writing was the writing of God, grauen in the tables.
  • Exod 32:19 : 19 And assoone as he came nigh vnto the hoast, he sawe the calfe, and the daunsing: and Moyses wrath waxed whot, and he cast the tables out of his handes, and brake them beneath the hyll.
  • Exod 34:1 : 1 And the Lord saide vnto Moyses: hewe thee two tables of stone like vnto the first, and I wyll wryte vpon these tables, ye wordes that were in the first tables whiche thou brakest.
  • Exod 34:28-35 : 28 And he was there with the Lorde fourtie dayes and fourtie nyghtes, and dyd neither eate bread, nor drinke water: and he wrote vpon the tables the wordes of the couenaunt, euen ten commaundementes. 29 And when Moyses came downe from mount Sinai, the two tables of testimonie were in Moyses hande: when he came downe from the mount, Moyses wyste not that the skynne of his face shone, whyle he talked with hym. 30 And Aaron and all the chyldren of Israel looked vpon Moyses: and beholde, the skynne of his face shone, and they were afrayde to come nye hym. 31 And when Moyses had called them, Aaron and all the chiefe of the congregation came vnto him: and Moyses talked with them. 32 And afterwarde all the chyldren of Israel came nye: and he commaunded them all that the Lorde had sayde vnto hym in mount Sinai. 33 And when Moyses had made an ende of communyng with them, he put a coueryng vpon his face. 34 And agayne when Moyses went in before the Lorde to speake with hym, he toke the coueryng of, vntyll he came out: And he came out and spake vnto the chyldren of Israel, that whiche he was commaunded. 35 And the chyldren of Israel sawe the face of Moyses: that the skynne of Moyses face shone, and Moyses put the coueryng vpon his face agayne, vntyll he went in to commune with hym.
  • Deut 4:8 : 8 Yea, and what nation is so great, that hath ordinaunces & lawes so righteous, as all this lawe which I set before you this day?
  • Deut 4:13 : 13 And he declared vnto you his couenaunt which he commaunded you to do euen ten commaundementes, which he wrote vpon two tables of stone.
  • Deut 5:22 : 22 These wordes the Lorde spake vnto all your multitude in the mount, out of the middes of the fire, of the cloude, and of the darkenesse, with a great voyce, and added nothyng: and wrote them in two tables of stone, and deliuered them vnto me.
  • Deut 9:9-9 : 9 When I was gone vp into the mount, to receaue the tables of stone, the tables of the couenaunt which the Lord made with you, and I abode in the mount fourtie dayes & fourtie nightes, whe I neither did eate bread nor drinke water. 10 And the Lorde deliuered me two tables of stone, written with the finger of God, and in them was contayned all the wordes whiche the Lorde saide vnto you in the mount out of ye middes of fire, in the day when ye came together. 11 And when the fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes were ended, the Lorde gaue me the two tables of stone, the tables of the couenaunt.
  • Gen 3:21 : 21 Unto Adam also and to his wyfe dyd the Lorde God make garments of skynnes, and he put them on.
  • Rom 7:12-14 : 12 Wherfore the lawe is holy, and the commaundement holy, & iust and good. 13 Was that then which was good, made death vnto me? God forbyd. But sinne, that sinne myght appeare, by that which was good to worke death in me: that sinne by ye commaundement, myght be out of measure sinfull. 14 For we knowe, that the lawe is spirituall: but I am carnall, solde vnder sinne.
  • 2 Cor 3:13-14 : 13 And not as Moyses, which put a vayle ouer his face, that the chyldren of Israel shoulde not see for what purpose that serued which is put away. 14 But their myndes were blynded: For vntyll this day remayneth the same coueryng vntaken away in the reading of the olde testament, which vayle is put away in Christe.
  • Heb 9:4 : 4 Which had the golden senser, and the arke of the couenaunt ouerlaide rounde about with golde, wherin was the golden pot hauyng Manna, and Aarons rodde that had budded, and the tables of the couenaunt:
  • Ps 119:127-128 : 127 Therfore I loue thy commaundementes: aboue golde and precious stone. 128 Therfore I take all thy commaundementes euery one of them to be ryght: & I vtterly hate all wayes of falshood.

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