And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses did as Yahweh commanded him; and the congregation was assembled at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
- BSB So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him, and the assembly gathered at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- 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 have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
- Exod 39:1And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Lev 8:13And Moses brought Aaron’s sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- 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.
- Exod 39:31–32And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Exod 39:21And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- 1 Cor 15:3For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
- Lev 8:17But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Exod 39:42–43According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.
- Exod 39:7And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Lev 8:35Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.
- Exod 39:26A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Deut 12:32What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
- Exod 39:5And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Lev 8:29And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses’ part; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Exod 39:29And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Lev 8:9And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses.
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