And the Levites shall declare to all the men of Israel in a loud voice:
Parallel translations
- WEB With a loud voice, the Levites shall say to all the men of Israel,
- KJV And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
- BSB Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:
- NKJV “And the Levites shall speak with a loud voice and say to all the men of Israel:
- NASB The Levites shall then respond and say to all the people of Israel with a loud voice,
- NLT “Then the Levites will shout to all the people of Israel:
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Quick answer
The Levites are to proclaim the curses loudly so that all Israel hears and responds.
Overview
The Levites act as covenant mediators, voicing God's word to the whole assembly. The loud proclamation ensures no one can claim ignorance of the covenant's terms. This public, audible declaration makes Israel corporately responsible before God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Dan 9:11Yes, all Israel have transgressed your law, turning aside, that they should not obey your voice: therefore the curse and the oath written in the law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us; for we have sinned against him.
- Neh 8:7–8Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law; and the people stayed in their place.
- Josh 8:33All Israel, their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on both sides of the ark before the priests the Levites, who carried the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, the foreigner as well as the native; half of them in front of Mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel.
- Mal 2:7–9For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies.
- Deut 33:9–10He said of his father, and of his mother, ‘I have not seen him.’ He didn’t acknowledge his brothers, nor did he know his own children; for they have observed your word, and keep your covenant.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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