So Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded them.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did.
- KJV And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they.
- BSB So Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded them.
- NKJV Then Moses and Aaron did so; just as the Lord commanded them, so they did.
- NASB So Moses and Aaron did this; as the Lord commanded them, so they did.
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Quick answer
Moses and Aaron obey exactly as Yahweh commanded. Their simple obedience contrasts with Pharaoh's coming defiance.
Overview
This brief notice that they 'did so' marks a turning point: after much hesitation, Moses and Aaron now act in full obedience to God. Their compliance models the faith that takes God at His word and steps forward despite uncertainty. Such obedience anticipates the perfect submission of Christ, who came not to do His own will but the will of the One who sent Him.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Exod 7:2You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
- Gen 6:22Thus Noah did. He did all that God commanded him.
- Exod 7:10Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as Yahweh had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
- John 15:10If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love.
- Exod 39:43Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
- John 15:14You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
- Ps 119:4You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.
- Gen 22:18All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.”
- Exod 12:28The children of Israel went and did so; as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
- Exod 40:16Moses did so. According to all that Yahweh commanded him, so he did.
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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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