Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.
- BSB Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
- NKJV Let us choose justice for ourselves; Let us know among ourselves what is good.
- NASB “Let us choose for ourselves what is right; Let us understand among ourselves what is good.
- NLT So let us discern for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
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Quick answer
Moses obeys, cutting the tablets and rising early to climb Sinai with them. His prompt obedience models faithful response to God's word.
Overview
Moses carries out God's instructions exactly, ascending the mountain with the prepared stones. His diligence reflects a heart submitted to the Lord. The verse sets the stage for the climactic revelation of God's name and character that follows.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- 1 Th 5:21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
- Isa 11:2–5And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
- Gal 2:11–14But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
- Rom 12:2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
- Judg 20:7Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.
- 1 Cor 6:2–5Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
- John 7:24Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
- Job 34:36My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
- Judg 19:30And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.
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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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