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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.
Exodus 34:10 · New Living Translation
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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.
  • BSB 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.
  • 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.

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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 things, which your eyes have seen.
  • Ps 77:14You are the God who does wonders. You have made your strength known among the peoples.
  • Ps 66:5Come, and see God’s deeds — awesome work on behalf of the children of men.
  • Isa 64:3When you did awesome things which we didn’t look for, you came down, and the mountains quaked at your presence.
  • Jer 32:21and brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;
  • 2 Sam 7:23What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make himself a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeemed to yourself out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
  • Ps 78:12He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
  • Ps 66:3Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.
  • Josh 10:12–13Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel. He said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still on Gibeon! You, moon, stop in the valley of Aijalon!”
  • Deut 32:30How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and Yahweh had delivered them up?
  • Deut 5:2–3Yahweh our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
  • Ps 145:6Men will speak of the might of your awesome acts. I will declare your greatness.
  • Deut 4:32–37For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been anything as this great thing is, or has been heard like it?
  • Exod 24:7–8He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, “All that Yahweh has spoken will we do, and be obedient.”
  • Josh 6:20So the people shouted and the priests blew the trumpets. When the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight in front of him, and they took the city.
  • Exod 34:27Yahweh said to Moses, “Write you these words: for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
  • Ps 65:5By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us, God of our salvation. You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, of those who are far away on the sea;
  • Deut 29:12–14that you may enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God, and into his oath, which Yahweh your God makes with you today;
  • Ps 76:12He will cut off the spirit of princes. He is feared by the kings of the earth.
  • Ps 147:20He has not done this for just any nation. They don’t know his ordinances. Praise Yah!
  • Deut 4:13He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments. He wrote them on two stone tablets.
  • Ps 106:22Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea.
  • Ps 68:35You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to 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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