Exodus 12:50

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thus did all the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֖וּ כָּל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֥ה וְאֶֽת־אַהֲרֹ֖ן כֵּ֥ן עָשֽׂוּ׃

Transliteration

wa-yaʿaśû all-bənê yiśrāʾēl ka-ʾăšer ṣiwwâ YHWH ʾet-mōšeh wə-ʾet-ʾahărōn thus ʿāśû.

Grammar Details

• *wa-yaʿaśû*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they did
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of/children of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ka-ʾăšer*: preposition + relative particle - according to what/just as
• *ṣiwwâ*: verb, piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - commanded
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/the LORD
• *ʾet-mōšeh*: direct object marker + proper noun - (to) Moses
• *wə-ʾet-ʾahărōn*: conjunction + direct object marker + proper noun - and (to) Aaron
• *ʿāśû*: verb, qal perfect 3rd common plural - they did

Word Meanings

• *bənê*: sons of/children of/people of
• *ṣiwwâ*: commanded/instructed/ordered
• *ʿāśû*: they did/they performed/they carried out

Referenced Verses

• Exod 6:26 : 26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Jehovah said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts.
• Exod 7:4 : 4 But Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
• Exod 12:41 : 41 And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of Jehovah went out from the land of Egypt.
• Deut 4:1-2 : 1 And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, giveth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you.
• Deut 12:32 : 32 What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
• Matt 7:24-25 : 24 Every one therefore that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock: 25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and if fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.
• Matt 28:20 : 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
• John 2:5 : 5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever {G302} he saith unto you, do it.
• John 13:17 : 17 If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.
• John 15:14 : 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.
• Rev 22:15 : 15 {G1161} Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.