Exodus 24 · Verse 3

Exodus 24:3

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.
Exodus 24:3, King James Version

Exodus 24:3 in other translations

BSBWhen 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.”
WEBMoses came and told the people all the LORD’s words, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, “All the words which the LORD has spoken will we do.”
ASVAnd Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the ordinances: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which Jehovah hath spoken will we do.
YLTAnd Moses cometh in, and recounteth to the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments, and all the people answer--one voice, and say, ‘All the words which Jehovah hath spoken we do.'
DARBYAnd Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words that Jehovah has said will we do!
BBEThen Moses came and put before the people all the words of the Lord and his laws: and all the people, answering with one voice, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do.
WebsterAnd 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 perform.

What does Exodus 24:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 24:3-4

Ex 24:1-18. Delivery of the Law and Covenant.

3-4. Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord--The rehearsal of the foregoing laws and the ten commandments, together with the promises of special blessings in the event of their obedience, having drawn forth from the people a unanimous declaration of their consent, it was forthwith recorded as the conditions of the national covenant. The next day preparations were made for having it (the covenant) solemnly ratified, by building an altar and twelve pillars; the altar representing God, and the pillars the tribes of Israel--the two parties in this solemn compact--while Moses acted as typical mediator.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Moses - told the people all the words of the Lord - That is, the ten commandments, and the various laws and ordinances mentioned from the beginning of the 20th to the end of the 23d chapter.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 24:1-8

A solemn covenant was made between God and Israel. Very solemn it was, typifying the covenant of grace between God and believers, through Christ. As soon as God separated to himself a peculiar people, he governed them by a written word, as he has done ever since. God's covenants and commands are so just in themselves, and so much for our good, that the more we think of them, and the more plainly and fully they are…

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Exodus 24:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּבֹ֣אvai.ya.Vo'and he wentH935
מֹשֶׁ֗הmo.ShehMosesH4872
וַיְסַפֵּ֤רvay.sa.Perand he recountedH5608
לָעָם֙la.'Amto the peopleH5971
אֵ֚ת'et<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
דִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.Rei[the] words ofH1697
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְאֵ֖תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑יםha.mish.pa.Timthe judgmentsH4941
וַיַּ֨עַןvai.Ya.'anand it answeredH6030
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָעָ֜םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
ק֤וֹלKola voiceH6963
אֶחָד֙'e.ChadoneH259
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.Ruand they saidH559
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַדְּבָרִ֛יםha.de.va.Rimthe wordsH1697
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
דִּבֶּ֥רdi.Berhe has spokenH1696
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
נַעֲשֶֽׂה\׃na.'a.Sehwe will doH6213

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 24:3

  • Exodus 19:8

    And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord.

  • 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.

  • Joshua 24:22

    And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

  • Deuteronomy 5:1

    And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.

  • Deuteronomy 6:1

    Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:

  • Deuteronomy 4:1

    Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.

  • Deuteronomy 4:5

    Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

  • Deuteronomy 4:45

    These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,

  • Deuteronomy 5:27-28

    Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it. And the Lord heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the Lord said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.

  • Exodus 21:1-23

    Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself. …

  • Deuteronomy 5:31

    But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.

  • Galatians 3:19-20

    Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
all the judgments.
21:1-23:33; De 4:1,5,45; 5:1,31; 6:1; 11:1
All the words.
7; 19:8; De 5:27,28; Jos 24:22; Ga 3:19,20

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Context

  • Exodus 24:2

    And Moses alone shall come near the Lord: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.

  • Exodus 24:3

    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.

  • 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.

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Exodus 24:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Moisés vino y contó al pueblo todas las palabras de Jehová, y todos los derechos: y todo el pueblo respondió á una voz, y dijeron: Ejecutaremos todas las palabras que Jehová ha dicho.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Moïse vint, et raconta au peuple toutes les paroles de l’ Éternel, et toutes les ordonnances. Et tout le peuple répondit d’une seule voix, et dit: Toutes les paroles que l’ Éternel a dites, nous les ferons.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Mose kam und erzählte dem Volke alle Worte Jehovas und alle Rechte; und das ganze Volk antwortete mit einer Stimme und sprach: Alle Worte, die Jehova geredet hat, wollen wir tun.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Venit ergo Moyses et narravit plebi omnia verba Domini, atque judicia: responditque omnis populus una voce: Omnia verba Domini, quæ locutus est, faciemus.