And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Parallel translations
- WEB He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
- KJV And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
- NKJV And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
- NASB And He said, “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.”
- NLT The Lord replied, “I will personally go with you, Moses, and I will give you rest—everything will be fine for you.”
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Quick answer
God answers, 'My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.' The promise of God's own presence is the heart of the assurance Moses sought.
Overview
God grants the very thing in question: His personal presence will accompany Israel. The promise of 'rest' anticipates the settled life in the land and, more deeply, the rest found in God Himself. This points forward to Christ, who offers rest to all who come to Him (Matthew 11:28) and to the eternal Sabbath rest (Hebrews 4).
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Cross-references · 12
- Matt 11:28Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Josh 1:5No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
- Josh 21:44And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
- Isa 63:9In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
- Heb 4:8–9For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
- Ps 95:11So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
- Josh 22:4And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.
- Matt 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- Exod 13:21And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
- Jer 6:16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
- Josh 23:1A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,
- Deut 3:20until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the possession I have given you.”
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