I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.
Parallel translations
- WEB Please don’t let me respect any man’s person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.
- KJV Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
- NKJV Let me not, I pray, show partiality to anyone; Nor let me flatter any man.
- NASB “Let me be partial to no one, Nor flatter any man.
- NLT I won’t play favorites or try to flatter anyone.
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Quick answer
Moses confronts Aaron, asking how the people led him into such a great sin. He holds Aaron accountable for his leadership failure.
Overview
As Israel's appointed priest and Moses' deputy, Aaron bore special responsibility for guarding the people from idolatry. Moses' question presses the issue of leadership and culpability. The confrontation shows that those in spiritual authority are gravely accountable for how they shepherd God's people.
Cross-references & the web
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- Lev 19:15You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
- Job 13:8Would you show Him partiality or argue in His defense?
- Deut 16:19Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
- 2 Sam 14:17And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”
- 2 Sam 14:20Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”
- Prov 24:23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
- Deut 1:17Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”
- Job 34:19who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
- Job 13:10Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.
- Acts 24:2–3When Paul had been called in, Tertullus opened the prosecution: “Because of you, we have enjoyed a lasting peace, and your foresight has brought improvements to this nation.
- Acts 12:22–23And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
- Matt 22:16They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.
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