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Selected Verse: Exodus 19:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ex 19:3 |
Strong Concordance |
And Moses [04872] went up [05927] unto God [0430], and the LORD [03068] called [07121] unto him out of the mountain [02022], saying [0559], Thus shalt thou say [0559] to the house [01004] of Jacob [03290], and tell [05046] the children [01121] of Israel [03478]; |
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King James |
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; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Moses went up unto God--the Shekinah--within the cloud (Exo 33:20; Joh 1:18).
Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, &c.--The object for which Moses went up was to receive and convey to the people the message contained in these verses, and the purport of which was a general announcement of the terms on which God was to take the Israelites into a close and peculiar relation to Himself. In thus negotiating between God and His people, the highest post of duty which any mortal man was ever called to occupy, Moses was still but a servant. The only Mediator is Jesus Christ [Ti1 2:5; Heb 12:24]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Moses went up unto God - This seems to imply that the voice was heard by Moses as he was ascending the mount.
House of Jacob - This expression does not occur elsewhere in the Pentateuch. It has a special fitness here, referring doubtless to the special promises made to the Patriarch. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
Thus shalt thou say
It is exceedingly important to observe:
(1) that Jehovah reminded the people that hitherto they had been the objects of His free grace;
(2) that the law is not proposed as a means of life, but as a means by which Israel might become "a peculiar treasure" and a "kingdom of priests";
(3) that the law was not imposed until it had been proposed and voluntarily accepted. The principle is stated in (Gal 5:1-4). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Moses had known from the time of his call that Israel would serve God on this mountain (Exo 3:12); and as soon as the people were encamped opposite to it, he went up to God, i.e., up the mountain, to the top of which the cloud had probably withdrawn. There God gave him the necessary instructions for preparing for the covenant: first of all assuring him, that He had brought the Israelites to Himself to make them His own nation, and that He would speak to them from the mountain (Exo 19:4-9); and then ordering him to sanctify the people for this revelation of the Lord (Exo 19:10-15). The promise precedes the demand; for the grace of God always anticipates the wants of man, and does not demand before it has given. Jehovah spoke to Moses "from Mount Horeb." Moses had probably ascended one of the lower heights, whilst Jehovah is to be regarded as on the summit of the mountain. The words of God (Exo 19:4.) refer first of all to what He had done for the Egyptians, and how He had borne the Israelites on eagles' wings; manifesting in this way not only the separation between Israel and the Egyptians, but the adoption of Israel as the nation of His especial grace and favour. The "eagles' wings" are figurative, and denote the strong and loving care of God. The eagle watches over its young in the most careful manner, flying under them when it leads them from the nest, least they should fall upon the rocks, and be injured or destroyed (cf. Deu 32:11, and for proofs from profane literature, Bochart, Hieroz, ii. pp. 762, 765ff.). "And brought you unto Myself:" i.e., not "led you to the dwelling-place of God on Sinai," as Knobel supposes; but took you into My protection and My especial care. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and the children of Israel - The people are called by the names both of Jacob and Israel, to mind them that they who had lately been as low as Jacob when he went to Padan - aram, were now grown as great as God made him when he came from thence, and was called Israel. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Moses went up unto God - It is likely that the cloud which had conducted the Israelitish camp had now removed to the top of Sinai; and as this was the symbol of the Divine presence, Moses went up to the place, there to meet the Lord.
The Lord called unto him - This, according to St. Stephen, was the Angel of the Lord, Act 7:38. And from several scriptures we have seen that the Lord Jesus was the person intended; see Clarke's note on Gen 16:7; see Clarke's note on Gen 18:13; see Clarke's note on Exo 3:2. |
24 And [2532] to Jesus [2424] the mediator [3316] of the new [3501] covenant [1242], and [2532] to the blood [129] of sprinkling [4473], that speaketh [2980] better things [2909] than [3844] that of Abel [6].
5 For [1063] there is one [1520] God [2316], and [2532] one [1520] mediator [3316] between God [2316] and [2532] men [444], the man [444] Christ [5547] Jesus [2424];
18 No man [3762] hath seen [3708] God [2316] at any time [4455]; the only begotten [3439] Son [5207], which [3588] is [5607] in [1519] the bosom [2859] of the Father [3962], he [1565] hath declared [1834] him.
20 And he said [0559], Thou canst [03201] not see [07200] my face [06440]: for there shall no man [0120] see [07200] me, and live [02425].
1 Stand fast [4739] therefore [3767] in the liberty [1657] wherewith [3739] Christ [5547] hath made [1659] us [2248] free [1659], and [2532] be [1758] not [3361] entangled [1758] again [3825] with the yoke [2218] of bondage [1397].
2 Behold [2396], I [1473] Paul [3972] say [3004] unto you [5213], that [3754] if [1437] ye be circumcised [4059], Christ [5547] shall profit [5623] you [5209] nothing [3762].
3 For [1161] I testify [3143] again [3825] to every [3956] man [444] that is circumcised [4059], that [3754] he is [2076] a debtor [3781] to do [4160] the whole [3650] law [3551].
4 Christ [5547] is become of no effect unto you [575] [2673], whosoever of you [3748] are justified [1344] by [1722] the law [3551]; ye are fallen from [1601] grace [5485].
11 As an eagle [05404] stirreth up [05782] her nest [07064], fluttereth [07363] over her young [01469], spreadeth abroad [06566] her wings [03671], taketh [03947] them, beareth [05375] them on her wings [084]:
4 Ye have seen [07200] what I did [06213] unto the Egyptians [04714], and how I bare [05375] you on eagles [05404]' wings [03671], and brought [0935] you unto myself.
10 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Go [03212] unto the people [05971], and sanctify [06942] them to day [03117] and to morrow [04279], and let them wash [03526] their clothes [08071],
11 And be ready [03559] against the third [07992] day [03117]: for the third [07992] day [03117] the LORD [03068] will come down [03381] in the sight [05869] of all the people [05971] upon mount [02022] Sinai [05514].
12 And thou shalt set bounds [01379] unto the people [05971] round about [05439], saying [0559], Take heed [08104] to yourselves, that ye go not up [05927] into the mount [02022], or touch [05060] the border [07097] of it: whosoever toucheth [05060] the mount [02022] shall be surely [04191] put to death [04191]:
13 There shall not an hand [03027] touch [05060] it, but he shall surely [05619] be stoned [05619], or [0176] shot [03384] through [03384]; whether it be beast [0929] or [0518] man [0376], it shall not live [02421]: when the trumpet [03104] soundeth long [04900], they shall come up [05927] to the mount [02022].
14 And Moses [04872] went down [03381] from the mount [02022] unto the people [05971], and sanctified [06942] the people [05971]; and they washed [03526] their clothes [08071].
15 And he said [0559] unto the people [05971], Be [01961] ready [03559] against the third [07969] day [03117]: come [05066] not at your wives [0802].
4 Ye have seen [07200] what I did [06213] unto the Egyptians [04714], and how I bare [05375] you on eagles [05404]' wings [03671], and brought [0935] you unto myself.
5 Now therefore, if ye will obey [08085] my voice [06963] indeed [08085], and keep [08104] my covenant [01285], then ye shall be a peculiar treasure [05459] unto me above all people [05971]: for all the earth [0776] is mine:
6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom [04467] of priests [03548], and an holy [06918] nation [01471]. These are the words [01697] which thou shalt speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
7 And Moses [04872] came [0935] and called [07121] for the elders [02205] of the people [05971], and laid [07760] before their faces [06440] all these words [01697] which the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] him.
8 And all the people [05971] answered [06030] together [03162], and said [0559], All that the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696] we will do [06213]. And Moses [04872] returned [07725] the words [01697] of the people [05971] unto the LORD [03068].
9 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Lo, I come [0935] unto thee in a thick [05645] cloud [06051], that the people [05971] may hear [08085] when I speak [01696] with thee, and believe [0539] thee for ever [05769]. And Moses [04872] told [05046] the words [01697] of the people [05971] unto the LORD [03068].
12 And he said [0559], Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token [0226] unto thee, that [03588] I have sent [07971] thee: When thou hast brought forth [03318] the people [05971] out of Egypt [04714], ye shall serve [05647] God [0430] upon this mountain [02022].
2 And the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] unto him in a flame [03827] of fire [0784] out of the midst [08432] of a bush [05572]: and he looked [07200], and, behold, the bush [05572] burned [01197] with fire [0784], and the bush [05572] was not consumed [0398].
13 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Abraham [085], Wherefore [04100] did Sarah [08283] laugh [06711], saying [0559], Shall I of a surety [0552] bear [03205] a child, which [0589] am old [02204]?
7 And the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] found her [04672] by a fountain [05869] of water [04325] in the wilderness [04057], by the fountain [05869] in the way [01870] to Shur [07793].
38 This [3778] is he [2076], that was [1096] in [1722] the church [1577] in [1722] the wilderness [2048] with [3326] the angel [32] which [3588] spake [2980] to him [846] in [1722] the mount [3735] Sina [4614], and [2532] with our [2257] fathers [3962]: who [3739] received [1209] the lively [2198] oracles [3051] to give [1325] unto us [2254]: