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Psalm 103:7
He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel.
5who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6The LORD executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.
7He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel.
8The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
9He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.
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“He made known” places the emphasis on God’s initiative, tracing knowledge of his ways and deeds to what he chose to reveal.
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Exodus 33:13Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me your way, now, that I may know you, so that I may find favor in your sight; and consider …Moses asks God to show him his way in Exodus; the psalm declares that God made his ways known to Moses.
Psalm 147:19He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.Both psalms describe God revealing something to Israel: his deeds in Psalm 103, his word and statutes in Psalm 147.
Psalm 78:11They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.Both passages speak of deeds God showed his people, though Psalm 78 records that they forgot them.
Nehemiah 9:14and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,Both passages describe God making something known, with Moses named in connection with his revelation to Israel.
Psalm 77:20You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.Moses appears in both accounts of God’s dealings with his people, receiving knowledge of God’s ways and serving in their leading.
Deuteronomy 34:10Since then, there has not arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,Both texts name Moses in a close relationship with God: knowing God’s ways and being known by the LORD face to face.
Psalm 99:7He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, the statute that he gave them.God communicates with his people in both passages, making his ways known in one and speaking from the cloud in the other.
John 5:45–47“Don’t think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.Moses is the shared figure, though the psalm describes God revealing his ways and Jesus speaks of Moses as an accuser.
Exodus 19:8All the people answered together, and said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do.” Moses reported the words of the people to the LORD.Both passages name Moses and the people in an account of God communicating with Israel.
Exodus 24:2–4Moses alone shall come near to the LORD, but they shall not come near. The people shall not go up with him.”Both passages distinguish Moses from the people: the psalm names what God revealed, while Exodus describes who could come near.
Exodus 20:21The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.Both texts single out Moses among the people, describing his knowledge of God’s ways and his approach to where God was.
Acts 7:35–60“This Moses whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who …God acts toward Moses in both passages, making his ways known to him and sending him as a ruler and deliverer.
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