“Listen to me, you wise men. Pay attention, you who have knowledge.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
- KJV Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
- BSB “Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning.
- NKJV “Hear my words, you wise men; Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.
- NASB “Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who understand.
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Quick answer
Moses is told to prepare and ascend Mount Sinai in the morning to meet God. The renewed covenant requires Moses to draw near again.
Overview
God summons Moses to a fresh encounter at the holy mountain. The careful preparation underscores the seriousness and solemnity of approaching God. The scene reestablishes the ordered, reverent mediation that idolatry had disrupted.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- 1 Cor 14:20Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.
- Prov 1:5that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:
- 1 Cor 10:15I speak as to wise men. Judge what I say.
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Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.
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