Yahweh heard the voice of your words, when you spoke to me; and Yahweh said to me, “I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you. They have well said all that they have spoken.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.
- BSB And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.
- NKJV “Then the Lord heard the voice of your words when you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me: ‘I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken to you. They are right in all that they have spoken.
- NASB “Now the Lord heard the sound of your words when you spoke to me, and the Lord said to me, ‘I have heard the sound of the words of this people which they have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.
- NLT “The Lord heard the request you made to me. And he said, ‘I have heard what the people said to you, and they are right.
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Quick answer
God heard the people's words and approved their request for a mediator. Their reverent desire for mediation pleased the Lord.
Overview
God affirms that the people have spoken well in asking for Moses to mediate. Their recognition of his holiness and their own limits was right and good. God's approval of mediation here foreshadows his provision of the perfect Mediator, Jesus, the prophet like Moses (Deuteronomy 18:15, Acts 3:22).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Deut 18:17Yahweh said to me, “They have well said that which they have spoken.
- Num 27:7“The daughters of Zelophehad speak right. You shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brothers. You shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.
- Num 36:5Moses commanded the children of Israel according to Yahweh’s word, saying, “The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks right.
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