Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
Parallel translations
- WEB Please don’t let me respect any man’s person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.
- BSB I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any 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 19:15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
- Job 13:8Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
- Deut 16:19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
- 2 Sam 14:17Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
- 2 Sam 14:20To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
- Prov 24:23These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
- Deut 1:17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
- Job 34:19How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
- Job 13:10He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.
- Acts 24:2–3And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
- Acts 12:22–23And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
- Matt 22:16And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
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