Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
Parallel translations
- WEB All the children of Israel did so. As Yahweh commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
- BSB Then all the Israelites did this—they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
- NKJV Thus all the children of Israel did; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
- NASB Then all the sons of Israel did so; they did just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.
- NLT So all the people of Israel followed all the Lord’s commands to Moses and Aaron.
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Quick answer
All the Israelites did exactly as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
Overview
Once again Israel's obedience is noted: they keep the Passover ordinances as instructed. This refrain of compliance highlights the faith that receives and acts on God's word. Their obedient observance, framing the deliverance, models the responsive trust by which God's people lay hold of His salvation and order their worship according to His command.
Cross-references & the web
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- John 2:5His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
- Exod 6:26These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.
- Exod 12:41And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
- Exod 7:4But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
- Deut 4:1–2Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
- John 15:14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
- Rev 22:15For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
- John 13:17If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
- Deut 12:32What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
- Matt 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
- Matt 7:24–25Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
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Christ at the center
The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
How Exodus 12:50 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
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