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.
- BSB And Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded you to do, so that the glory of the LORD may appear to 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.”
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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 went into the Tent of Meeting, and came out, and blessed the people: and Yahweh’s glory appeared to all the people.
- Ezek 43:2Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory.
- Exod 24:16Yahweh’s glory settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the middle of the cloud.
- 2 Chr 5:13–14when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, saying, “For he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever!” then the house was filled with a cloud, even Yahweh’s house,
- Exod 40:34–35Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle.
- Exod 16:10As Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, Yahweh’s glory appeared in the cloud.
- 1 Kgs 8:10–12It came to pass, when the priests had come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled Yahweh’s house,
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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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