Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
Parallel translations
- WEB Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting was finished. The children of Israel did according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses; so they did.
- BSB So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- NKJV Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished. And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses; so they did.
- NASB So all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was completed; and the sons of Israel did according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses; so they did.
- NLT And so at last the Tabernacle was finished. The Israelites had done everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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Quick answer
All the work of the tabernacle was finished, and Israel did everything just as Yahweh commanded Moses. Obedience was complete.
Overview
This summary verse marks the completion of the entire tabernacle and its furnishings. The emphatic statement that the people did 'according to all that Yahweh commanded' echoes the language of creation's finishing (Genesis 2:1-2), presenting the sanctuary as a new ordered dwelling where God meets His people. Such wholehearted obedience stands in glad contrast to Israel's earlier rebellion with the golden calf.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 17
- Exod 39:42–43According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.
- Matt 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
- Exod 25:40And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
- Deut 12:32What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
- Lev 8:1–9And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
- Num 4:4–32This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:
- Num 3:31And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
- Exod 25:1–31And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
- Exod 39:33And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,
- Num 3:36–37And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
- Heb 8:5Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
- Exod 35:1–35And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.
- Num 3:25–26And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
- 1 Chr 28:19All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
- 1 Sam 15:22And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
- Exod 40:32When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Heb 3:2Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
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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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