And you must teach the Israelites all the decrees that the Lord has given them through Moses.”
Parallel translations
- WEB You are to teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Yahweh has spoken to them by Moses.”
- KJV And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of 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.”
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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 Yahweh of Armies.
- Matt 28:20teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
- Neh 8:8They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
- Neh 8:2Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
- Deut 24:8Be careful in the plague of leprosy, that you observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites teach you. As I commanded them, so you shall observe to do.
- Jer 18:18Then they said, “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 strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”
- 1 Th 4:2For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
- Acts 20:27for I didn’t shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
- Deut 33:10They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law. They shall put incense before you, and whole burnt offering on your altar.
- 2 Chr 17:9They taught in Judah, having the book of Yahweh’s law with them. They went about throughout all the cities of Judah and taught among the people.
- Neh 9:13–14“You also came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
- 2 Chr 30:22Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who had good understanding in the service of Yahweh. So they ate throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace offerings, and making confession to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
- Jer 2:8The priests didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh?’ and those who handle the law didn’t know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and followed things that do not profit.
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