Moses told the children of Israel according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses.
- BSB So Moses spoke all this to the Israelites just as the LORD had commanded him.
- NKJV So Moses told the children of Israel everything, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
- NASB And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel in accordance with everything that the Lord had commanded Moses.
- NLT So Moses gave all of these instructions to the people of Israel as the Lord had commanded him.
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Quick answer
Moses faithfully relayed to Israel everything the Lord had commanded, modeling complete obedience as a mediator of God's word.
Overview
This concluding note affirms that Moses delivered the offering instructions exactly as God gave them, withholding nothing. His faithfulness as God's spokesman ensured the people received the divine will in full. Moses thus foreshadows Christ, the greater and final Mediator who perfectly reveals and accomplishes the Father's will (Hebrews 3:1-6).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Acts 20:27for I didn’t shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
- Heb 3:2who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house.
- Exod 40:16Moses did so. According to all that Yahweh commanded him, so he did.
- 1 Cor 15:3For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
- Heb 3:5Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken,
- Deut 4:5Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do so in the middle of the land where you go in to possess it.
- 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.
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