Bible Commentary

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes, 10. sanctify ] viz. by enjoining ablutions and abstention from anything that would render ‘unclean’ (cf. v. 15b): comp. Num 11:18 (in preparation for the approaching manifestation of Jehovah’s power), Jos 3:5; Jos … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 19:10”

And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee forever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. 9. Jehovah declares that He will so speak to Moses as to satisfy the people … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 19:9”

And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD. All that the Lord … – By this answer the people accepted the covenant. It was the preliminary condition of their complete admission into the state of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 19:8”

And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. 7 8. Moses communicates Jehovah’s purpose to the people. They express their readiness to fulfil the conditions imposed. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Exo 19:7-8 All that the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 19:7”

And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These [are] the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. 6 . And ye (emph.)] in contrast to the other nations. a kingdom of priests ] i.e. a kingdom whose citizens are all priests, living wholly in God’s … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 19:6”

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth [is] mine: 5. obey ] lit. hearken to. So always. Cf. Exo 15:26; Deu 13:4; Deu 13:18; Deu 27:10, &c.; and especially Deu 11:13, Deu 15:5, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 19:5”

Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and [how] I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself. 4. Ye ] the pron. is emphatic: in Exo 20:22 expressed by Ye yourselves. on eagles’ wings ] A fine figure for the swiftness, the security, and the affectionate care with which the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 19:4”

And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; 3a (E). The mountain is the abode of God (cf. on v. 4): so Moses, immediately upon the Israelites’ arrival at Sinai, naturally … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 19:3”

For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come [to] the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount. 2b. camped ] The Heb. is the same as ‘pitched,’ just before. Major Palmer’s argument, founded on the supposed difference between the two expressions ( Sinai, p. 201, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 19:2”

In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they [into] the wilderness of Sinai. 1. the same day ] The day of the month must in some way have fallen out in the early part of the verse. the wilderness of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 19:1”