²² So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.

¹⁴ You are my friends if you do what I command.

¹⁶ Moses proceeded to do everything just as the Lord had commanded him.

Building on a Solid Foundation

²⁴ “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. ²⁵ Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. ²⁶ But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. ²⁷ When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”

⁵ So Noah did everything as the Lord commanded him.

⁷ It was by faith that Noah built a large boat to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had never happened before. By his faith Noah condemned the rest of the world, and he received the righteousness that comes by faith.

⁸ It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance. He went without knowing where he was going.

⁵ But his mother told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

^32 [a]“So be careful to obey all the commands I give you. You must not add anything to them or subtract anything from them.

¹⁶ A male and female of each kind entered, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind them.

²³ And he arranged the Bread of the Presence on the table before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded him.