Exodus 24:3
in Exodus 24When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the ordinances: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which Jehovah hath spoken will we do.
KJV
And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the Lord hath said will we do.
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This verse in Exodus 24
Commentary
5 notes on this verseMoses - told the people all the words of the Lord - That is, the ten commandments, and the various laws and ordinances mentioned from the beginning of the 20th to the end of the 23d chapter.
This site's exposition
they all responded with one voice
Israel consents three times in six chapters, at 19:8 before the law was spoken, here after the words are read out, and at verse 7. The answer comes with one voice and nothing in the text compels it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
This is the tenour of the covenant, That, if they would observe the foregoing precepts, God would perform the foregoing promises. "Obey, and be happy." Here is the bargain made. How it was engrossed in the book of the covenant: Moses wrote the words of the Lord (
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And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments,....
How it was sealed by the blood of the covenant, that Israel might receive strong consolations from the ratifying of God's promises to them, and might lie under strong obligations from the ratifying of their promises to God.
The words behind it
23 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹ֣א | vaiyavo' | and he went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֗ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| וַיְסַפֵּ֤ר | vaysaper | and he recounted | H5608 → | 159 times |
| לָעָם֙ | laam | to the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| אֵ֚ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| דִּבְרֵ֣י | divrei | [the] words of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְאֵ֖ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑ים | hamishpatim | the judgments | H4941 → | 422 times |
| וַיַּ֨עַן | vaiyaan | and it answered | H6030 → | 331 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָעָ֜ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| ק֤וֹל | kol | a voice | H6963 → | 506 times |
| אֶחָד֙ | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ | vaiyomeru | and they said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַדְּבָרִ֛ים | hadevarim | the words | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבֶּ֥ר | diber | he has spoken | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| נַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ | naaseh | we will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
וַיָּבֹ֣אand he went
vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times
מֹשֶׁ֗הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
וַיְסַפֵּ֤רand he recounted
vaysaperH5608 →159 times
לָעָם֙to the people
laamH5971 →1873 times
אֵ֚ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
דִּבְרֵ֣י[the] words of
divreiH1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑יםthe judgments
hamishpatimH4941 →422 times
וַיַּ֨עַןand it answered
vaiyaanH6030 →331 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָעָ֜םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
ק֤וֹלa voice
kolH6963 →506 times
אֶחָד֙one
ʾechadH259 →971 times
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּand they said
vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַדְּבָרִ֛יםthe words
hadevarimH1697 →1440 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
דִּבֶּ֥רhe has spoken
diberH1696 →1141 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
נַעֲשֶֽׂה׃we will do
naasehH6213 →2628 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 6:1These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:1
Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 12:1
These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess.
- Deuteronomy 4:45
These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,
- Deuteronomy 4:1
Through
Exodus 19:8And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.
it leads to
- Exodus 24:7
Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
- Exodus 24:7
Through
Exodus 24:7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 31:11–13
when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.
- Hebrews 9:18–23
That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.
- Exodus 24:3–4
When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”
- Deuteronomy 31:11–13
Through
Joshua 24:22Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
it leads to
- Psalms 119:173
May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
- Psalms 119:173
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
