He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.
Parallel translations
- WEB He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, the statute that he gave them.
- KJV He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
- NKJV He spoke to them in the cloudy pillar; They kept His testimonies and the ordinance He gave them.
- NASB He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; They kept His testimonies And the statute that He gave them.
- NLT He spoke to Israel from the pillar of cloud, and they followed the laws and decrees he gave them.
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God spoke to them from the pillar of cloud, and they kept His commands. His revelation calls for faithful obedience.
Overview
The pillar of cloud recalls God's guiding presence in the wilderness, through which He revealed His will. Those who heard Him responded by keeping His testimonies and statutes. This pattern of God speaking and His people obeying finds its fullness in Christ, the Word, whom we are called to hear and follow (Hebrews 1:1-2).
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- Exod 33:9As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.
- Num 12:5and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward,
- Deut 4:5See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
- Heb 3:2He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.
- Exod 19:9The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in you.” And Moses relayed to the LORD what the people had said.
- 1 Jn 3:21–22Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,
- Exod 40:16Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Prov 28:9Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.
- Deut 33:9He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.
- Ps 105:28He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words.
- 1 Sam 12:3–5Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”
- Num 16:15Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”
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