All the people answered together, and said, “All that Yahweh has spoken we will do.” Moses reported the words of the people to Yahweh.
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All the people answered together, and said, “All that Yahweh has spoken we will do.” Moses reported the words of the people to Yahweh.
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And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
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And all the people answered together, and said: 'All that the LORD hath spoken we will do.' And Moses reported the words of the people unto the LORD.
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Passages linked to Exodus 19:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 24:7 He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, “We will do all that Yahweh has said, and be obedient.”
- Exodus 24:3 Moses came and told the people all Yahweh’s words, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, “All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do.”
- Joshua 24:24 The people said to Joshua, “We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice.”
- Exodus 20:19 They said to Moses, “Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don’t let God speak with us, lest we die.”
- Deuteronomy 5:27-29 Go near, and hear all that Yahweh our God shall say, and tell us all that Yahweh our God tells you; and we will hear it, and do it.” Yahweh heard the voice of your words when you spoke to me; and Yahweh said to me, “I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken to you. They have well said all that they have spoken. Oh that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!
- Nehemiah 10:29 joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
- Deuteronomy 26:17-19 You have declared today that Yahweh is your God, and that you would walk in his ways, keep his statutes, his commandments, and his ordinances, and listen to his voice. Yahweh has declared today that you are a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments. He will make you high above all nations that he has made, in praise, in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people to Yahweh your God, as he has spoken.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 19:8 And all the people answered together, and…
Exo 19:8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
Ver. 8. All that the Lord hath spoken.] Sed, quid dignum tanto feret hic promissor hiatu! How easily over estimate we our own abilities! Pollicitis dives quilibet esse potest. Words are good cheap.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Not for God’s information, but for the people’s greater…
Not for God’s information, but for the people’s greater obligation, and to learn what answer he should return from God to them.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And all the people answered together,.... By their heads…
And all the people answered together,.... By their heads and representatives, the elders, summoned before Moses, to whom he declared the whole will of God; or this being communicated by them to their respective tribes and families, they were all of one mind; there was not a contradicting voice among them, they all gave the same answer, or all united in returning for answer what follows:
all that the Lord hath spoken we will do; obey his voice in all things he directs unto, or commands to be done, and keep the covenant he should make with them, and observe whatever was required on their parts; which was well spoken, if with the heart, and if, under a consciousness of their own weakness, they had expressed their desire of dependence upon the grace of God to enable them to perform, see Deu 5:28. The Septuagint version adds, "and we will hear", or be obedient, as in Exo 24:7,
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and Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord; not for his information, who knew very well what they had said, but for the discharge of his office as a mediator and messenger between God and them: this, according to Jarchi, was on the third day of the month.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And they answered together; all that the Lord hath…
And they answered together; all that the Lord hath spoken we will do - Thus accepting the Lord to be to them a God, and giving up themselves to be to him a people.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 8. And all the people answered, c.] The…
Verse 8. And all the people answered, c.] The people, having such gracious advantages laid before them, most cheerfully consented to take God for their portion as he had graciously promised to take them for his people. Thus a covenant was made, the parties being mutually bound to each other.
Moses returned the words] When the people had on their part consented to the covenant, Moses appears to have gone immediately up to the mountain and related to God the success of his mission; for he was now on the mount, as appears from Ex 19:14.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain All that the Lord ... - By this answer…
All that the Lord ... - By this answer the people accepted the covenant. It was the preliminary condition of their complete admission into the state of a royal priesthood.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Related, as a mediator acting between two parties, (Haydock)…
Related, as a mediator acting between two parties, (Haydock) though God knew all before. Thus his servants cease not to lay before him their own and our wants. (Worthington)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 8. All the people answered together — From the…
8. All the people answered together — From the language employed in the preceding verse, and from the nature of the case, we most naturally infer that this answer of the people was obtained, not in one open assembly of all the nation, but through the mediation of the elders. These elders, representing each a different portion of the people, would have ready means of communicating with the different tribes, and obtaining at short notice their sentiments on any important matter. The word together, accordingly, means here the oneness or unanimity of the people’s response. The answer returned was as that of one man. These two verses (7th and 8th) illustrate what any reader of sense ought to take for granted in such a history as this. We are not to suppose that every detail of communication is given. A great many small gatherings of the people may often have been held in different parts of the plain, and in the adjacent valleys, to hear the words of Jehovah; sometimes communications may have been delivered by numerous messengers without any public assembly. Any reasonable hypothesis of this kind is legitimate in interpretation.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) All the people answered together.—There was no hesitation,…
(8) All the people answered together.—There was no hesitation, no diversity of opinion, no self-distrust. In view of the great privileges offered to them, all were willing, nay, eager, to promise for themselves that “they would obey God’s voice indeed, and keep his covenant.” In the glow and warmth of their feelings the difficulty of perfect obedience did not occur to them.
Moses returned the words—i.e., “took them back,” “reported them.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And all the people answered together. It would seem…
And all the people answered together. It would seem that the elders submitted to the whole congregation the question propounded by Moses; or at any rate submitted it to a popular meeting, fairly representing the congregation. No doubt the exact purport of the question was made known by the usual means beforehand, and the assembly was summoned to declare, by acclamation, its assent or dissent. The result was a unanimous shout of approval:All that the Lord hath spoken we will doi.e. , "we will obey his voice indeed, and keep his covenant" (see ver. 5). In this way they accepted the covenant beforehand, not knowing what its exact provisions would be, but assured in their hearts that all would be right, just, and good; and anxious to secure the promised blessings (vers. 5, 6) for themselves and their posterity Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lordi.e. , Moses was the mouthpiece both ways. He took the messages of God to the people, and carried back ("returned") their answer.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain we will do
we will do
The Fifth Dispensation: Law. This dispensation extends from Sinai to Calvary--from Exodus to the Cross. The history of Israel in the wilderness and in the land is one long record of the violation of the law. The testing of the nation by law ended in the judgment of the Captivities, but the dispensation itself ended at the Cross.
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(1) Man’s state at the beginning Exo 19:1-4.
(2) His responsibility Exo 19:5; Exo 19:6; Rom 10:5.
(3) His failure 2Ki 17:7-17; 2Ki 17:19; Act 2:22; Act 2:23.
(4) The judgment 2Ki 17:1-6; 2Ki 17:20; 2Ki 25:1-11; Luk 21:20-24
For Another Point of View: See Topic 301180
See, for the other six dispensations: INNOCENCE (Gen 1:28); CONSCIENCE (Gen 3:23); HUMAN GOVERNMENT (Gen 8:20); PROMISE (Gen 12:1); GRACE (Joh 1:17); KINGDOM (Eph 1:10)
(See Scofield "Gen 1:28"). See Scofield "Gen 3:23". See Scofield "Gen 8:21". See Scofield "Gen 12:1". See Scofield "Joh 1:17". See Scofield "Eph 1:10".
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