All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,
Parallel translations
- WEB All of you stand today in the presence of Yahweh your God; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,
- KJV Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
- NKJV “All of you stand today before the Lord your God: your leaders and your tribes and your elders and your officers, all the men of Israel,
- NASB “You stand today, all of you, before the Lord your God: your heads, your tribes, your elders and your officers, that is, all the men of Israel,
- NLT All of you—tribal leaders, elders, officers, all the men of Israel—are standing today in the presence of the Lord your God.
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The whole nation, leaders and ordinary people alike, stands before God to enter the covenant. God's covenant embraces every member of his people.
Overview
Moses gathers all Israel, from tribal heads to common men, into the covenant assembly before the Lord. The comprehensive listing stresses that no one is exempt from covenant relationship and responsibility. This inclusive gathering before God foreshadows the gospel's gathering of a people from every rank and station into the new covenant community in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Rev 6:15Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
- Deut 31:12–13Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners within your gates—so that they may listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and to follow carefully all the words of this law.
- Rev 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
- Deut 4:10The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”
- Joel 2:16–17Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
- Neh 9:38In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”
- 2 Chr 34:29–32Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
- Neh 8:2On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand.
- Neh 9:1–2On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.
- Neh 10:28“The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all who had separated themselves from the people of the land to obey the Law of God—along with their wives and all their sons and daughters who are able to understand,
- 2 Chr 23:16Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.
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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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