According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.
Parallel translations
- WEB According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work.
- BSB The Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- 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 35:10And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded;
- Exod 23:21–22Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
- Deut 12:32What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
- 2 Tim 4:7I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
- Exod 39:32Thus 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.
- 2 Tim 2:15Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
- 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 25:1–31And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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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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