Bible Strands
Exodus 24:3
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.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses stands before the assembled Israelites at the mountain base immediately after descending to relay divine instructions. The people respond collectively to his report of God's commands.
The words — וַ/יְסַפֵּ֤ר (va/y.sa.Per) literally means "and he recounted," describing Moses' act of reporting the divine instructions to the assembly. כָּל\־ (kol-) translates as "all," emphasizing the totality of the words and ordinances delivered.
The thread — This covenantal response echoes the initial agreement at Sinai in Exodus 19:8 and reappears in Exodus 24:7 when the Book of the Covenant is read aloud. Joshua later invokes this same commitment as a binding witness in Joshua 24:22.
Why it lands — The text demands a clear acknowledgment of divine authority followed by concrete obedience to the revealed instructions. It requires the reader to examine whether their commitment matches the completeness of the stated promise.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Exodus 19:8 And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.
- 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.”
- Joshua 24:22 Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
- Deuteronomy 5:1 Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.
- Deuteronomy 6:1 These 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,
- 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 your fathers, is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 4:5 See, 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.
- Deuteronomy 4:45 These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,
- Deuteronomy 5:27 Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”
- Exodus 21:1 “These are the ordinances that you are to set before them: