And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB All the people answered together, and said, “All that Yahweh has spoken we will do.” Moses reported the words of the people to Yahweh.
- BSB And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.
- NKJV Then all the people answered together and said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do.” So Moses brought back the words of the people to the Lord.
- NASB Then all the people answered together and said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do!” And Moses brought back the words of the people to the Lord.
- NLT And all the people responded together, “We will do everything the Lord has commanded.” So Moses brought the people’s answer back to the Lord.
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Quick answer
The people pledged together to do all that Yahweh had spoken. Israel commits to the covenant before knowing how hard obedience will prove.
Overview
The whole nation eagerly vows obedience, and Moses reports their answer to God. Their sincere yet self-confident pledge will soon be broken (ch. 32), exposing humanity's inability to keep God's law in their own strength. This drives us to the new covenant, where God writes His law on the heart (Jer. 31; Heb. 8).
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Cross-references · 7
- Exod 24:7And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
- Exod 24:3And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.
- Josh 24:24And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
- Neh 10:29They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;
- Exod 20:19And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
- Deut 5:27–29Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.
- Deut 26:17–19Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
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