KJV King James Version
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
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Exodus 24:7
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.”
WEB World English Bible
He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, “All that Yahweh has spoken will we do, and be obedient.”
ASV American Standard Version
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that Jehovah hath spoken will we do, and be obedient.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he taketh the Book of the Covenant, and proclaimeth in the ears of the people, and they say, ‘All that which Jehovah hath spoken we do, and obey.’
Surrounding context — Exodus 24
4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.
6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put [it] in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled [it] on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
10 And they saw the God of Israel: and [there was] under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in [his] clearness.
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וַיִּקַּח֙H3947 · la.qachto take: takeסֵ֣פֶרH5612 · se.pherscroll: documentהַבְּרִ֔יתH1285 · be.ritcovenantוַיִּקְרָ֖אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toבְּאָזְנֵ֣יH241 · o.zenearהָעָ֑םH5971 · ampeopleוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּH559 · a.marto sayכֹּ֛לH3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichדִּבֶּ֥רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDנַעֲשֶׂ֥הH6213 · a.sahto make: doוְנִשְׁמָֽע׃H8085 · sha.mato hear: hear
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 31:11-13When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.Hebrews 9:18-23Whereupon neither the first [testament] was dedicated without blood.Exodus 24:3-4And 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.Acts 13:15And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, [Ye] men [and] brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.1 Thessalonians 5:27I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.Colossians 4:16And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the [epistle] from Laodicea.Jeremiah 7:23-24But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
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