And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
Parallel translations
- WEB Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they did.
- BSB Thus the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- 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 12:32What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
- Exod 23:21–22Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
- Exod 40:16Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.
- Exod 39:32Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
- Num 2:34And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
- 1 Sam 15:22And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
- Exod 39:43And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
- 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 40:32When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.
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Christ at the center
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.
How Numbers 1:54 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
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