The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
- KJV And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.
- NKJV And the Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.
- NASB However, the Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will wipe him out of My book.
- NLT But the Lord replied to Moses, “No, I will erase the name of everyone who has sinned against me.
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Quick answer
God replies that each person is accountable for their own sin and will be blotted out for it. Justice deals with sinners individually.
Overview
God will not let Moses substitute himself, affirming that each one bears responsibility for personal guilt. This upholds the principle of individual accountability before God. It also magnifies the wonder of the gospel, where the sinless Christ alone is qualified and willing to bear the guilt of others.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ezek 18:4Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
- Deut 29:20The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven
- 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.
- Ps 69:28May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.
- Lev 23:30I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.
- Ps 9:5You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever.
- Phil 4:3Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have labored with me for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
- Rev 13:8And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
- Ps 109:13–14May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
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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.
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