The Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Parallel translations
- WEB According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work.
- KJV According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.
- NKJV According to all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work.
- NASB So the sons of Israel did all the work according to everything that the Lord had commanded Moses.
- NLT So the people of Israel followed all of the Lord’s instructions to Moses.
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Quick answer
Israel did all the work exactly according to everything Yahweh commanded Moses. Their obedience was thorough and complete.
Overview
This sweeping statement again stresses that the people fulfilled God's instructions in full. After the failure of the golden calf, this whole-hearted compliance shows the fruit of grace and renewed covenant fellowship. It reminds believers that genuine worship flows from obedient hearts conformed to God's revealed will.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Exod 35:10Let every skilled craftsman among you come and make everything that the LORD has commanded:
- Exod 23:21–22Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.
- Deut 12:32See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
- 2 Tim 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
- Exod 39:32So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- 2 Tim 2:15Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.
- 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 25:1–31Then the LORD said to Moses,
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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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