So Moses did just as the Lord commanded him. When the congregation was assembled at the doorway of 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.
- 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.
- 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 that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
- Exod 39:1Of the blue, purple, and scarlet, they made finely worked garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Lev 8:13Moses brought Aaron’s sons, and clothed them with coats, and tied sashes on them, and put headbands on them; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- 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.
- Exod 39:31–32They tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on the turban above, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Exod 39:21They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- 1 Cor 15:3For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
- Lev 8:17But the bull, and its skin, and its meat, and its dung, he burned with fire outside the camp; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Exod 39:42–43According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work.
- Exod 39:7He put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Lev 8:35You shall stay at the door of the Tent of Meeting day and night seven days, and keep Yahweh’s command, that you don’t die: for so I am commanded.”
- Exod 39:26a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, around the skirts of the robe, to minister in, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Deut 12:32Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.
- Exod 39:5The skillfully woven band that was on it, with which to fasten it on, was of the same piece, like its work; of gold, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Lev 8:29Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before Yahweh. It was Moses’ portion of the ram of consecration, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Exod 39:29and the sash of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Lev 8:9He set the turban on his head; and on the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
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