They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went throughout the towns of Judah and taught the people.
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- WEB They taught in Judah, having the book of Yahweh’s law with them. They went about throughout all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.
- KJV And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
- NKJV So they taught in Judah, and had the Book of the Law of the Lord with them; they went throughout all the cities of Judah and taught the people.
- NASB They taught in Judah, having the Book of the Law of the Lord with them; and they went throughout the cities of Judah and taught among the people.
- NLT They took copies of the Book of the Law of the Lord and traveled around through all the towns of Judah, teaching the people.
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They teach throughout Judah's cities, carrying the book of the Lord's law. God's written word is the foundation of their teaching.
Overview
The teachers travel city to city with 'the book of Yahweh's law,' instructing the people from Scripture itself. Reform is anchored not in human opinion but in God's revealed word. This commitment to teaching the written word models the Reformation conviction that God's people are nourished and reformed by Scripture, fulfilled in Christ the living Word.
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- John 5:46If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.
- Rom 3:2Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
- 2 Chr 35:3To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel.
- Matt 28:19–20Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
- Matt 11:1After Jesus had finished instructing His twelve disciples, He went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.
- Acts 8:40But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
- Acts 28:23So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
- John 5:39You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
- Deut 31:11–13when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.
- Josh 1:7–8Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.
- Luke 4:17–19the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:
- Acts 15:21For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”
- Acts 13:15After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”
- Isa 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
- 1 Pet 4:11If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
- Deut 6:4–9Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
- Neh 8:7The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.
- Matt 15:2–9“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
- Matt 10:23When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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