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And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.
Exodus 34:10 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB He said, “Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been worked in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which you are shall see the work of Yahweh; for it is an awesome thing that I do with you.
  • KJV And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.
  • NKJV And He said: “Behold, I make a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord. For it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.
  • NASB Then God said, “Behold, I am going to make a covenant. Before all your people I will perform miracles which have not been produced in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people among whom you live will see the working of the Lord, for it is a fearful thing that I am going to perform with you.
  • NLT The Lord replied, “Listen, I am making a covenant with you in the presence of all your people. I will perform miracles that have never been performed anywhere in all the earth or in any nation. And all the people around you will see the power of the Lord—the awesome power I will display for you.

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Quick answer

God makes a covenant, promising awesome and unprecedented works before all the people. Grace leads God to renew His commitment to Israel.

Overview

God responds to intercession by establishing the covenant afresh and pledging mighty deeds that will display His power among the nations. These wonders will mark Israel as the people of the Lord. The renewal flows from God's mercy and points to the greater redemptive works culminating in Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 23

  • Deut 10:21He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.
  • Ps 77:14You are the God who works wonders; You display Your strength among the peoples.
  • Ps 66:5Come and see the works of God; how awesome are His deeds toward mankind.
  • Isa 64:3When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.
  • Jer 32:21You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror.
  • 2 Sam 7:23And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.
  • Ps 78:12He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
  • Ps 66:3Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
  • Josh 10:12–13On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
  • Deut 32:30How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
  • Deut 5:2–3The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.
  • Ps 145:6They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness.
  • Deut 4:32–37Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?
  • Exod 24:7–8Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
  • Josh 6:20So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.
  • Exod 34:27The LORD also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
  • Ps 65:5With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
  • Deut 29:12–14so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He is making with you today, and into His oath,
  • Ps 76:12He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.
  • Ps 147:20He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!
  • Deut 4:13He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to follow—the Ten Commandments that He wrote on two tablets of stone.
  • Ps 106:22wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.
  • Ps 68:35O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!

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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 34:10 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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