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and consumed them, and they died before Yahweh. Then Moses said to Aaron, "It
is what Yahweh spoke, saying, 'By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy,
and before all the people I will be honored.'" So Aaron, therefore, kept silent... Then
Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "Do not uncover your
heads nor tear your clothes, so that you may not die, and that He may not become
wrathful against all the congregation. But your kinsmen, the whole house of Israel,
shall bewail the burning which Yahweh has brought about. You shall not even go out
from the doorway of the tent of meeting, lest you die; for the Lord's anointing oil is
upon you." So they did according to the word of Moses.

If God in His holiness were to treat us with justice we would all perish. Yet He has
determined to show to mankind mercy.

James 2:13
For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs
over judgment.

The Law revealed the justice of God, and its judgments were accordingly severe. An
adulterer, or adulteress was to be stoned to death. One who violated the Sabbath was to be
stoned to death. A rebellious son was to be taken outside the camp and stoned to death.
Mankind has fallen into great transgression, departing from the holy character of Yahweh,
and the consequences are severe. The Law showed this seriousness of man’s fall. Christ
came to reveal the mercy of God. If we stop at the Law, we will all be accounted
transgressors.

Galatians 2:16-17
A man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ
Yahshua, even we have believed in Christ Yahshua, that we may be justified by faith
in Christ, and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law shall
no flesh be justified.

Galatians 3:11
Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, “The
righteous man shall live by faith.”

What does this mean, but that no man can attain to the righteousness that is revealed
in the Law. We are altogether unclean. We stand condemned by the Law, for this was its
ministry; it was given to reveal to man his condemnation.

II Corinthians 3:7-9
But if the ministry of death, in letters engraved on stones, came with glory, so
that the sons of Israel could not look intently at the face of Moses because of the
glory of his face, fading as it was, how shall the ministry of the Spirit fail to be even
more with glory? For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more
does the ministry of righteousness abound in glory.

What was engraved in letters on stones? It was the Law of God delivered to Moses.