Thus the children of Israel did; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they did.
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.
- BSB Thus the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- 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 12:32Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.
- Exod 23:21–22Pay attention to him, and listen to his voice. Don’t provoke him, for he will not pardon your disobedience, for my name is in him.
- Exod 40:16Moses did so. According to all that Yahweh commanded him, so he did.
- Exod 39:32Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting was finished. The children of Israel did according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses; so they did.
- Num 2:34Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set out, everyone by their families, according to their fathers’ houses.
- 1 Sam 15:22Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
- Exod 39:43Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done it as Yahweh had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.
- 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 40:32When they went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as Yahweh 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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