And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they.
And Moses and Aaron did so; as Jehovah commanded them, so did they.
And Moses doth--Aaron also--as Jehovah commanded them; so have they done;
And Moses and Aaron did as Jehovah had commanded them: so did they.
Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Voices2
And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them,.... After this they never showed any reluctance, or made any objection to any message they were sent with, or any work they were ordered to do, but went about it at once, and performed it with all readiness and cheerfulness: so did they; which is not a superfluous and redundant expression, but very emphatic, showing with what care and diligence they did every thing, and how exactly they conformed in all things to the divine will.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
The dispute between Moses and Pharaoh begins, and a famous trial of skill it was. Moses, in God's name, demands Israel's release; The contest is between the power of the great God and the power of a proud prince; and it will be found, in the issue, that when God judgeth he will overcome.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
The verses this one reaches10
You are to speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land.
So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
You are My friends if you do what I command you.
And the Israelites went and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
You have ordained Your precepts, that we should keep them diligently.
If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
And Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed them.
And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
leads to
For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Through
Genesis 6:22So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
leads to
You are My friends if you do what I command you.
Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
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