And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
Parallel translations
- WEB You are to teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Yahweh has spoken to them by Moses.”
- BSB so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”
- NKJV and that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them by the hand of Moses.”
- NASB and so as to teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them through Moses.”
- NLT And you must teach the Israelites all the decrees that the Lord has given them through Moses.”
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Quick answer
The priests are to teach Israel all the statutes Yahweh gave through Moses. Priesthood includes instructing God's people in his word.
Overview
Beyond offering sacrifices, the priests are guardians and teachers of God's law, a crucial ministry of the word. Where this teaching role failed, Israel went astray (cf. Malachi 2:7-8). It anticipates the New Testament joining of word and worship, and Christ, our great Prophet and Priest, who both teaches and sanctifies his people.
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- Mal 2:7For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
- Matt 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
- Neh 8:8So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
- Neh 8:2And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
- Deut 24:8Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
- Jer 18:18Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
- 1 Th 4:2For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
- Acts 20:27For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
- Deut 33:10They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
- 2 Chr 17:9And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
- Neh 9:13–14Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
- 2 Chr 30:22And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.
- Jer 2:8The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
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