Moses in the Bible

Meaning: taken out; drawn forth

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For all those people [i.e., Gentiles] who have sinned without [knowing] the law of Moses will also be lost without [knowing] that law. And all those people [i.e., Jews] who have sinned under [the authority] of the law of Moses will be judged by [the requirements of] that law.

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For [it is] not those who hear the law of Moses who are right with God, but [it is] those who obey [the requirements of] that law [perfectly] who will be considered right with God.

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(For when the [unconverted] Gentiles, who do not have the law of Moses, instinctively practice [some of] its requirements, they become their own lawmakers, even though they do not have the law of Moses.

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In doing this [i.e., practicing some of the requirements of the law of Moses], they demonstrate that these requirements are written in their hearts. Their conscience tells them this, and their thoughts alternately accuse them [of wrongdoing], or else endorse them [for doing right]).

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But if you call yourselves "Jews," and [claim to] rely on the law of Moses, and brag about [belonging to] God;

Verse ConceptsTrust, Lack OfBoasting In GodUnder The LawTrust In RelationshipsBoasting

if you know His will and have been taught by the law of Moses to [evaluate and] give approval to what is best;

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You boast about having the law of Moses, [but] do you dishonor God by breaking that law?

Verse ConceptsReproachSin, Nature OfThey Do Not Keep CommandsBoastingdisobedienceDishonoring God

Now the practice of circumcision [i.e., the Jewish rite of identity, signifying the responsibility to observe the law of Moses] is worthwhile, providing you obey [the rest of] the law of Moses. But if you disobey the law, you might as well have never been circumcised.

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But the [true] Jew is the person who is one on the inside, and [his] circumcision is a heart condition, [produced] by the Holy Spirit and not by the written law of Moses. [Note: Some translate "Spirit" here as "spirit" and make it simply an amplification of "heart"]. This person receives his praise from God and not [merely] from people.

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This is because no human being can be considered right with God by [obeying] the requirements of a law. [Note: It is difficult to determine the exact sense in which "law" is used in these verses. It may be law generally, or the law of Moses specifically. See Bruce, pages 52-58]. For the knowledge of what sin is comes from the law of Moses.

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For even before the law of Moses, sin was [being committed] in the world. But man is not responsible for [his] sin when there is no law.

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Now the law of Moses was introduced [into the world] in order to cause sin to increase [i.e., it defined many things to be wrong that were previously not regarded as sin]. But with the increase of sin, God's unearned favor increased all the more.

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Or, do you not know, brothers, (I am talking to people who know how law works) that the law has authority over a person only as long as he lives? [Note: It is not clear whether this refers to Roman law or the law of Moses].

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For when we were in the flesh [i.e., before conversion], our sinful desires, aroused by [the restrictions of] the law of Moses, worked in our bodies to produce activity that led to [spiritual] death.

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But now that we have died to what controlled us and have been released from [the requirements of] the law of Moses [i.e., under the Gospel age], we serve [God] in a new way [directed] by the Holy Spirit [Note: Some take "Spirit" here to be "spirit" and see it as describing the inner person], and not in the old way [directed] by the written law of Moses.

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What shall we say then? Is the law of Moses sinful? Certainly not! For I would not have known what sin was if it had not been for the law. For [example]; I would not have known [what it meant] to covet [i.e., have a strong desire for what belongs to someone else] except that the law said [Ex. 20:17], "You must not covet."

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For we know that the law of Moses is spiritual [i.e., from the Holy Spirit in origin and character], but I am fleshly, sold as a slave to sin. [Note: "Flesh" throughout this section refers to a person's natural inclinations to sin].

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the Israelites. These people are God's adopted children; they have [experienced] His glorious presence; they have [received] His Agreements; they have been given the law of Moses; they possess the [Temple] service and the promises [of God].

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But the Israelites, who were attempting to become right with God by [conformity to] the law of Moses, never achieved [this righteousness] by that law.

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But I say: Hath, Israel, not come to know? First, Moses, saith - I, will provoke you to jealousy on account of a no-nation, on account of an undiscerning nation, will I make you very angry.

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choosing rather to suffer afflictions with the people of God, than to have a temporary fruition of sin;







choosing rather to suffer afflictions with the people of God, than to have a temporary fruition of sin;





By faith Moses, after he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child singularly beautiful; and they were not intimidated by the command of the king.











Attentive I have beheld the evil treatment of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and I am come down to deliver them. And now come hither, I will send thee into Egypt." This very Moses whom they had rejected, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and redeemer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.





choosing rather to suffer afflictions with the people of God, than to have a temporary fruition of sin;




And Moses indeed was faithful in all that house of his as a servant, to bear testimony of the things which should be after spoken;


who was faithful to him who appointed him, as Moses also was in all his house.




















And Moses indeed was faithful in all that house of his as a servant, to bear testimony of the things which should be after spoken;

By faith Moses, when he became a grown man, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer afflictions with the people of God, than to have a temporary fruition of sin; esteeming the reproach of Christ riches greater than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked earnestly to the recompence of reward.
























By faith Moses, when he became a grown man, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

By faith he forsook Egypt, not intimidated by the wrath of the king: for he boldly persisted, as seeing the invisible [Jehovah].


By faith Moses, when he became a grown man, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer afflictions with the people of God, than to have a temporary fruition of sin; esteeming the reproach of Christ riches greater than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked earnestly to the recompence of reward. read more.
By faith he forsook Egypt, not intimidated by the wrath of the king: for he boldly persisted, as seeing the invisible [Jehovah]. By faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the first-born might not touch them.





































































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And he said to them, Strangely do ye make void the command of God, that ye may observe your tradition. For Moses said, "Honour thy father and thy mother:" and "he that curseth father or mother, let him assuredly be put to death."

This is the Moses who said unto the children of Israel, "A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren, as myself; him shall ye hear." This is he, who was with the church in the wilderness with the angel who spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the oracles of life to give unto us:






















































By faith Moses, after he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child singularly beautiful; and they were not intimidated by the command of the king.

At which time Moses was born, and was endued with singular beauty from God, who was brought up three months in the house of his father:





By faith Moses, after he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child singularly beautiful; and they were not intimidated by the command of the king. By faith Moses, when he became a grown man, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer afflictions with the people of God, than to have a temporary fruition of sin; read more.
esteeming the reproach of Christ riches greater than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked earnestly to the recompence of reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not intimidated by the wrath of the king: for he boldly persisted, as seeing the invisible [Jehovah]. By faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the first-born might not touch them.



So rising up, he took the babe and his mother by night, and retired into Egypt, and was there till the death of Herod; that what was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, might be fulfilled, saying, "Out of Egypt have I called my son."



And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up the superabundance of the fragments, twelve baskets full. And they who had eaten, were about five thousand men, besides women and children.






THEN after these things the Lord appointed other seventy persons also, and sent them, two and two before his face, into every city and place, whither he himself designed to go.



And he said unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then arising, he issued his mandate to the winds, and to the sea; and there was a great calm.



And he was transformed before them; and his face shone as the sun, and his garments were white as the light.



And behold, there appeared to them, Moses and Elias talking with him. Then Peter addressing him, said to Jesus, Lord, It is well that we are here; if it please thee, we will make here three tents; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

And there appeared to him Elias with Moses: and they were conversing with Jesus.

And, lo! two men conversed with him, who were Moses and Elias:


For Moses truly said unto the fathers, "A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like myself; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall speak to you.

This is the Moses who said unto the children of Israel, "A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren, as myself; him shall ye hear."




And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he became hungry.






THEN was Jesus led away by the spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil.



And taking a loaf, he gave thanks, and brake, and gave it to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: do this in remembrance of me.



I entreat for them: I make no request for the world; but for those thou hast given me; for they are thine.






And behold, there appeared to them, Moses and Elias talking with him.

to whom also he had shewed himself alive, after he had suffered, by many infallible proofs, during forty days being frequently seen by them, and speaking of the things which relate to the kingdom of God:



For even his own brethren did not believe on him.


And seeing some of his disciples eating bread with hands unclean, that is, unwashed, they found fault.




And seeing one of them treated injuriously, he defended him, and executed vengeance for him who had suffered the outrage, smiting the Egyptian. For he thought that his brethren would understand that God by his hand would give them deliverance: but they understood not. And the following day he shewed himself to them as they were fighting, and urged them to peace, saying, My friends, ye are brethren; wherefore do ye ill treat one another? read more.
Then he who did his neighbour wrong thrust him from him, saying, Who appointed thee a ruler and a judge over us? Wilt thou kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday? Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.




And [act] not as Moses who spread a veil over his face, in order that the children of Israel might not look stedfastly to the end of that which should be abolished.















By faith Moses, when he became a grown man, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer afflictions with the people of God, than to have a temporary fruition of sin; esteeming the reproach of Christ riches greater than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked earnestly to the recompence of reward.

































Though Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil, he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not to produce a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.










And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of Egypt, and was mighty in words and actions.

























who was faithful to him who appointed him, as Moses also was in all his house. For this personage hath been counted worthy of higher glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who built it, hath greater honour than the house.








By faith Moses, when he became a grown man, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer afflictions with the people of God, than to have a temporary fruition of sin; esteeming the reproach of Christ riches greater than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked earnestly to the recompence of reward.






























By faith Moses, when he became a grown man, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer afflictions with the people of God, than to have a temporary fruition of sin;







For Moses truly said unto the fathers, "A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like myself; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall speak to you.


This is the Moses who said unto the children of Israel, "A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren, as myself; him shall ye hear."

and he will send Jesus Christ, who was before preached unto you:

who was faithful to him who appointed him, as Moses also was in all his house. For this personage hath been counted worthy of higher glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who built it, hath greater honour than the house. For every house is built by some person; but he who is the architect of all things is God. read more.
And Moses indeed was faithful in all that house of his as a servant, to bear testimony of the things which should be after spoken; but Christ as a son over his own house: whose house are we, if we hold firmly the confidence and glorying of hope stedfast unto the end.


who was faithful to him who appointed him, as Moses also was in all his house.



and he will send Jesus Christ, who was before preached unto you: whom the heaven indeed must receive, until the times of restoration of all things, which God hath spoken of by the mouth of all his holy prophets from the beginning of the world. For Moses truly said unto the fathers, "A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like myself; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall speak to you.










choosing rather to suffer afflictions with the people of God, than to have a temporary fruition of sin;


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