And Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded you to do, so that the glory of the LORD may appear to you.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses said, “This is the thing which Yahweh commanded that you should do: and Yahweh’s glory shall appear to you.”
- KJV And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you.
- NKJV Then Moses said, “This is the thing which the Lord commanded you to do, and the glory of the Lord will appear to you.”
- NASB And Moses said, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded you to do, so that the glory of the Lord may appear to you.”
- NLT And Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded you to do so that the glory of the Lord may appear to you.”
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Quick answer
Moses promises that if they obey, Yahweh's glory will appear. Obedient worship is the appointed path to encountering God's presence.
Overview
Moses links doing 'the thing which Yahweh commanded' to the manifestation of divine glory. This frames true worship as God-prescribed rather than self-invented, a principle reinforced tragically in chapter 10. The visible glory points forward to the glory of God revealed fully in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 4:6).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Lev 9:23Moses and Aaron then entered the Tent of Meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.
- Ezek 43:2and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.
- Exod 24:16and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.
- 2 Chr 5:13–14The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud
- Exod 40:34–35Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- Exod 16:10And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.
- 1 Kgs 8:10–12And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD
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Every sacrifice, every priest, and every day of atonement points beyond itself to the one perfect offering and the great High Priest who, by his own blood, makes the unclean holy once for all.
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