Moses answered them, “Wait, that I may hear what Yahweh will command concerning you.”
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Moses answered them, “Wait, that I may hear what Yahweh will command concerning you.”
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And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.
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And Moses said unto them: 'Stay ye, that I may hear what the LORD will command concerning you.'
Cross-references (15)
Passages linked to Numbers 9:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 27:5 Moses brought their cause before Yahweh.
- Psalms 85:8 I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.
- Exodus 14:13 Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today; for you will never again see the Egyptians whom you have seen today.
- Exodus 18:15 Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
- 2 Chronicles 20:17 You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.’ ”
- Psalms 25:14 The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant.
- Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
- Ezekiel 2:7 You shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse; for they are most rebellious.
- Ezekiel 3:17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word from my mouth, and warn them from me.
- John 7:17 If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.
- John 17:8 for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.
- Acts 20:27 for I didn’t shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
- 1 Corinthians 4:4 For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 11:23 For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
- Hebrews 3:5-6 Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken, but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house. We are his house, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 9:8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still,…
Num 9:8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.
Ver. 8. Stand still and I will hear.] Moses was but the echo of God’s voice; John Baptist, "the voice of one crying in the wilderness": St Paul "received of the Lord" what he delivered to the Church, {1Co 11:23} and took care that the faith of his hearers "might not be in the wisdom of man, but in the power of God." {1Co 2:4-5} Unwarranted doctrines come not cum gratia et privilegio.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain God having promised to answer and direct him upon…
God having promised to answer and direct him upon his address to him in difficult cases.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... From between the…
And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... From between the cherubim, after he had laid the case before him, and he gave him an answer:
saying; as follows.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 9:8. Moses said, I will hear what the…
Num 9:8. Moses said, I will hear what the Lord will command — It appears from hence that Moses went into the sanctuary to consult the oracle of God whenever he had occasion, and was answered by an audible voice from the mercy-seat, Num 7:8-9.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will…
Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you--A solution of the difficulty was soon obtained, it being enacted, by divine authority, that to those who might be disqualified by the occurrence of a death in their family circle or unable by distance to keep the passover on the anniversary day, a special license was granted of observing it by themselves on the same day and hour of the following month, under a due attendance to all the solemn formalities. (See on Ch2 30:2). But the observance was imperative on all who did not labor under these impediments.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 8. Stand still — R.V., “Stay ye that I…
8. Stand still — R.V., “Stay ye that I may hear,” etc. Human reason is not a sufficient guide in religious questions. Moses evinces a strong faith in the accessibility of Jehovah, and a profound deference to his will. The judges of the Sanhedrin should not be ashamed to ask concerning the judgment which is too hard for them; for Moses, who was the master of Israel, had need to say, “I have not heard.” — Targum.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 9:8 Moses agreed to inquire of the Lord regarding…
9:8 Moses agreed to inquire of the Lord regarding this difficult case (cp. 7:89).
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