Bible Strands
Exodus 40:16
Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses stands as the executor of Yahweh’s final sanctuary instructions, completing the construction and preparation of the tabernacle and its priesthood.
The words — The Hebrew וַיַּעַשׂ (va.ya‘as) translates literally as “he did,” directly linked to מֹשֶׁה (Moses) and the phrase כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה (according to all that Yahweh commanded), which anchors the action in exact divine instruction.
The thread — The verse’s emphasis on complete obedience connects to the tabernacle’s subsequent erection (Exodus 40:17), the call to keep Israel’s statutes (Deuteronomy 4:1), and the New Testament requirement that stewards be found faithful (1 Corinthians 4:2).
Why it lands — The text states that Moses carried out every command without alteration, requiring the reader to acknowledge that divine instruction demands exact compliance rather than selective or modified adherence.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thus did Moses: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he.
Cross-references
- Exodus 40:17 So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.
- 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.
- 1 Corinthians 4:2 Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
- Exodus 23:21 Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.
- Exodus 39:42 The Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Deuteronomy 12:32 See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
- Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
- Matthew 28:20 and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”