Nehemiah 10:29

10:29 hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders ¹  and enter into a curse and an oath ²  to adhere to ³  the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey ⁴  carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, ⁵  along with his ordinances and his statutes.

Malachi 4:4

Restoration through the Lord

4:4 “Remember the law of my servant Moses, to whom at Horeb ⁶  I gave rules and regulations for all Israel to obey. ⁷ 

John 1:17

1:17 For the law was given through Moses, but ⁸  grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.

John 7:19

7:19 Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps ⁹  the law! Why do you want ¹⁰  to kill me?”

¹ tn Heb “the nobles.”

² tn The expression “a curse and an oath” may be a hendiadys, meaning “an oath with penalties.”

³ tn Heb “to walk in.”

⁴ tn Heb “keep.” See the note on the word “obey” in Neh 1:5.

⁵ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

⁶ sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (cf. Exod 3:1).

⁷ tn Heb “which I commanded him in Horeb concerning all Israel, statutes and ordinances.”

⁸ tn “But” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the implied contrast between the Mosaic law and grace through Jesus Christ. John 1:17 seems to indicate clearly that the Old Covenant (Sinai) was being contrasted with the New. In Jewish sources the Law was regarded as a gift from God (Josephus, Ant. 3.8.10 [3.223]; Pirqe Avot 1.1; Sifre Deut 31:4 §305). Further information can be found in T. F. Glasson, Moses in the Fourth Gospel (SBT).

⁹ tn Or “accomplishes”; Grk “does.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “seek.”