And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh said to Moses, “Write you these words: for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
- BSB The 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.”
- NKJV Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write these words, for according to the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
- NASB Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”
- NLT Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write down all these instructions, for they represent the terms of the covenant I am making with you and with Israel.”
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God tells Moses to write down these words, for by them He has made His covenant with Israel.
Overview
The renewed covenant is to be recorded in writing, giving Israel a permanent and authoritative record of God's terms. This underscores that God's covenant is grounded in His revealed, written word, not human invention. Scripture remains the enduring testimony of God's covenant dealings, fulfilled in the new covenant sealed by Christ's blood (Luke 22:20).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Exod 24:4And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Deut 31:9And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.
- Exod 17:14And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
- Deut 4:13And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
- Exod 34:10And 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.
- 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.
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