So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him, and the assembly gathered at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses did as Yahweh commanded him; and the congregation was assembled at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
- KJV And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
- NKJV So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. And the congregation was gathered together at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
- NASB So Moses did just as the Lord commanded him. When the congregation was assembled at the doorway of the tent of meeting,
- NLT So Moses followed the Lord’s instructions, and the whole community assembled at the Tabernacle entrance.
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Quick answer
Moses obeys, and the congregation gathers at the door of the Tent of Meeting. Obedience to God's command brings the people together.
Overview
Moses carries out exactly what the LORD directed, and the assembly forms as instructed. The emphasis on doing as God commanded recurs throughout this chapter as a model of faithful obedience. It teaches that true worship begins with attentive obedience to God's word.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 17
- 1 Cor 11:23For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,
- Exod 39:1From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made specially woven garments for ministry in the sanctuary, as well as the holy garments for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Lev 8:13Then Moses presented Aaron’s sons, put tunics on them, wrapped sashes around them, and tied headbands on them, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Matt 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
- Exod 39:31–32Then they fastened to it a blue cord to mount it on the turban, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exod 39:21Then they tied the rings of the breastpiece to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece was above the waistband of the ephod and would not swing out from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- 1 Cor 15:3For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
- Lev 8:17But the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung he burned outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded him.
- Exod 39:42–43The Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exod 39:7Then they fastened them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Lev 8:35You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”
- Exod 39:26alternating the bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe to be worn for ministry, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Deut 12:32See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
- Exod 39:5And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Lev 8:29He also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him.
- Exod 39:29and the sash of finely spun linen, embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Lev 8:9Moses also put the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the holy diadem, on the front of the turban, as the LORD had commanded him.
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