Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.
Parallel translations
- KJV Let us choose to us judgment: 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 5:21Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
- Isa 11:2–5Yahweh’s Spirit will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.
- Gal 2:11–14But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned.
- Rom 12:2Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
- Judg 20:7Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.”
- 1 Cor 6:2–5Don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
- John 7:24Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”
- Job 34:36I wish that Job were tried to the end, because of his answering like wicked men.
- Judg 19:30It was so, that all who saw it said, “Such a deed has not been done or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt to this day! Consider it, take counsel, and speak.”
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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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