Theocracy

How Nave’s arranged it

• EstablishedExodus 19:8Exodus 24:3Exodus 24:7Deuteronomy 5:25–29Deuteronomy 33:2–5Judges 8:231 Samuel 12:12
• Rejected by Israel1 Samuel 8:71 Samuel 8:191 Samuel 10:192 Chronicles 13:8
• See God, Sovereign
• See Government

The passages, in Bible order (11)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 11 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 19:8

   And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.

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   “And all the people answered together,....

   “And all the people answered, etc. - The people, having such gracious advantages laid before them, most cheerfully consented to take God for their portion; as he had graciously promised to take them for his people. Thus a covenant was made, the parties being mutually bound to each other. Moses returned the words - When the people had on their part consented to the covenant, Moses appears to have gone immediately up to the mountain and related to God the success of his mission; for he was now on the mount, as appears from Exo 19:14.

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2. Exodus 24:3

   When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”

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   “And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments,....

   “Moses - told the people all the words of the Lord - That is, the ten commandments, and the various laws and ordinances mentioned from the beginning of the 20th to the end of the 23d chapter.

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3. Exodus 24:7

   Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”

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   “And he took the book of the covenant,....

   “The book of the covenant - See Exo 20:22 note. The people had to repeat their assent to the book of the covenant before the blood was thrown upon them. Compare 2Ki 23:2, 2Ki 23:21; 2Ch 34:30.

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4. Deuteronomy 5:25–29

   But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.

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   “Now therefore why should we die?....

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5. Deuteronomy 33:2–5

   He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.

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   “Hence it is well said through Moses: "In His right hand was a fiery law." For the reprobate, who are also to be placed on the left, are indeed the left hand; but the elect are called the right hand of God. Therefore in God's right hand is the fiery law, because the elect by no means hear heavenly commandments with a cold heart, but are set ablaze toward them with the torches of inward love. The word is brought to the ear, and their mind, angry at itself, is consumed by the flame of inward sweetness.

   “And he said,....

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6. Judges 8:23

   But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”

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   “And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you,....

   “The Lord shall rule over you - Few with such power at their command would have acted as Gideon. His speech calls them back to their first principles, and should have excited in them both shame and contrition. How different is this speech from that of Oliver Cromwell when the commons offered him the crown of England!

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7. 1 Samuel 8:7

   And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.

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   “And that we may know that this voice of God came forth with His true and highest majesty to honour and avenge His priests; when three of the ministers -Korah, Dathan, and Abiram-dared to deal proudly, and to exalt their neck against Aaron the priest, and to equal themselves with the priest set over them; they were swallowed up and devoured by the opening of the earth, and so immediately suffered the penalty of their sacrilegious audacity.

   “And the Lord said unto Samuel,....

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8. 1 Samuel 8:19

   Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.

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   “10. It was indeed a matter of great rashness to ask for a king against God's will; of great hardness, to be unable to be overcome by the counsels of the prophet. It was of great rashness to put forth arguments to him whom they knew, by the Lord's revelation, to know beforehand all that he was about to do. Of great hardness, not to yield to him whom they knew to command only those things which he had learned by the Lord's revelation.

   “Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel,....

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9. 1 Samuel 10:19

   But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 10:192 voices

   “32. Indeed, he carefully showed them both the good things which the Lord had bestowed upon them and the evil things which they themselves had done against the Lord, so that they might recognize that they had sinned all the more gravely, inasmuch as they had dared by sinning to offend him from whom they had received such great blessings.

   “And ye have this day rejected your God,....

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10. 1 Samuel 12:12

    But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.

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    “Therefore, he adds and says: "But when you saw that Nahash was coming up and would fight against you, you said: 'By no means,' but rather, 'A king shall reign over us' — even though the Lord was reigning over you." 6. As if he were saying: For this purpose you have chosen a man for yourselves, for which you used to have God. If we wish to examine this passage spiritually, the following is gathered from it: that those who desire a carnal ruler to be set over them drive away divine grace from themselves.

    “And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you,....

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11. 2 Chronicles 13:8

    And now you think you can resist the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hands of David’s descendants. You are indeed a vast army, and you have with you the golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

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    “And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David,....

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