Thus the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Parallel translations
- WEB Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they did.
- KJV And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
- NKJV Thus the children of Israel did; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they did.
- NASB And the sons of Israel did so; in accordance with all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so they did.
- NLT So the Israelites did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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Quick answer
Israel obeys God's commands exactly. The chapter closes with the people's faithful compliance.
Overview
This summary statement stresses that Israel did 'all that Yahweh commanded Moses.' Such complete obedience stands as the ideal response to God's word, though Israel would soon falter. The verse reminds us that true worship and ordered life flow from obedient submission to the LORD, perfectly modeled in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Deut 12:32See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
- Exod 23:21–22Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.
- Exod 40:16Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Exod 39:32So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Num 2:34So the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; they camped under their standards in this way and set out in the same way, each man with his clan and his family.
- 1 Sam 15:22But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
- Exod 39:43And Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed them.
- 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 40:32They washed whenever they entered the Tent of Meeting or approached the altar, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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In the wilderness Christ is the water from the rock, the bronze serpent lifted up that the dying might look and live (John 3:14), and the star and scepter that Balaam saw rising out of Jacob.
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