# What, then, was the purpose of the law?

"You might wonder then what the purpose of the law was. I will tell you."

# It was added

"God added it" or "God added the law"

# The law was ordained through angels

"God ordained the law through angels" or "God gave the law through angels"

# by the hand of an intermediary

The words "by the hand of" represent the intermediary himself. Alternate translation "by an intermediary" or "by his representative"