Exodus 40:16

Modern

Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.

Traditional

Thus did Moses: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he.

Literal

And Moses did according to all that YHWH had commanded him; so he did.

Latin

Fecitque Moyses omnia quæ præceperat Dominus.

Hebrew

English

Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.

The report on setting up the Tent of Meeting starts with the Lord's commands (40:1–15). It continues with how Moses obeyed those commands (40:16–33).
The repeated statement that "Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded" (40:16, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 32) strongly contrasts with Aaron’s self-serving statement in 32:22–24. God wants to share his presence with us, but his holiness requires us to give up our own efforts to secure his presence and gifts.

Theme notes and profiles

1 Corinthians 4:2
Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
Deuteronomy 4:1
Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
Exodus 40:17–32
So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.
Exodus 39:42–43
The Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Deuteronomy 12:32
See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
Exodus 23:21–22
Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.
Isaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
Matthew 28:20
…and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt