Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Courts of justice » Judges of » To judge righteously
Do no injustice in judgment. Do not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great. Judge your neighbor fairly.
Jehovah our God spoke to us in Horeb. He said: 'You have lived long enough on this mountain.
Horeb » A range of mountains of which mount sinai is the most prominent
When we left Horeb, we went through that entire great and terrible wilderness. You saw it by way of the mountain of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us. We went to Kadesh-barnea.
There was nothing inside the Ark of the Covenant except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed there at Mount Sinai, when Jehovah made a covenant with the people of Israel as they were coming from Egypt.
There was nothing in the Ark except the two tablets Moses placed there at Horeb, where Jehovah made a covenant with the Israelites after they left Egypt.
At Mount Horeb they made a statue of a calf. They worshiped an idol made of metal.
Jehovah our God spoke to us in Horeb. He said: 'You have lived long enough on this mountain.
So he got up and took food and drink. He was strengthened to go for forty days and forty nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.
One day Moses was taking care of the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock across the desert to Sinai, the holy mountain.
Behold! I will stand before you there upon the rock in Horeb. Strike the rock and water will come out of it. Then the people may drink. Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
It is only an eleven-day journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.
Do you remember the day you stood in the presence of Jehovah your God at Mount Sinai (Horeb)? He said to me: 'assemble the people. I want them to hear what I have to say, so that they will learn to obey me as long as they live. Then they will teach their children to do the same.'
Be careful! When God spoke to you from the fire, he was invisible.
These are the terms of the covenant that Jehovah commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab. All this was in addition to the covenant Jehovah made with them at Mount Sinai.
You should remember the Law of Moses my servant. I commanded the statutes and ordinances (regulations and judgments) to him at Horeb for all Israel.