Bible Strands
Numbers 15:23
all that the LORD has commanded you through Moses from the day the LORD gave them and continuing through the generations to come—
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses the Israelite assembly through Moses, closing a conditional statement about unintentional disobedience and defining the chronological scope of the given laws.
The words — צִוָּ֧ה (tzi.Vah) translates “he has commanded,” and בְּ/יַד\־ (be./yad-) literally reads “by the hand of,” together marking the mediated delivery of the directives.
The thread — The text ties the commandments to an unbroken timeline from their initial bestowal to future generations, functioning as a temporal bridge between the warning in Numbers 15:22 and the sacrificial procedure in Numbers 15:24.
Why it lands — It requires readers to treat the transmitted instructions as binding across time, demanding consistent adherence rather than situational compliance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Even all that the Lord hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the Lord commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations;