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Selected Verse: Exodus 19:7 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ex 19:7 |
Strong Concordance |
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. |
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King James |
And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. |
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 came and called for the elders of the people--The message was conveyed to the mighty multitude through their elders, who, doubtless, instructed them in the conditions required. Their unanimous acceptance was conveyed through the same channel to Moses, and by him reported to the Lord. Ah! how much self-confidence did their language betray! How little did they know what spirit they were of! |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
When Moses communicated to the people through their elders this incomparable promise of the Lord, they promised unanimously (יחדּו) to do all that Jehovah said; and when Moses reported to the Lord what the people had answered, He said to Moses, "I will come to thee in the darkness of the cloud, that the people may listen to My speaking to thee (בּ שׁמע, as in Gen 27:5, etc.), and also believe thee for ever." As God knew the weakness of the sinful nation, and could not, as the Holy One, come into direct intercourse with it on account of its unholiness, but was about to conclude the covenant with it through the mediation of Moses, it was necessary, in order to accomplish the design of God, that the chosen mediator should receive special credentials; and these were to consists in the fact that Jehovah spoke to Moses in the sight and hearing of the people, that is to say, that He solemnly proclaimed the fundamental law of the covenant in the presence of the whole nation (Ex 19:16-20:18), and showed by this fact that Moses was the recipient and mediator of the revelation of God, in order that the people might believe him "for ever," as the law was to possess everlasting validity (Mat 5:18). |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
And Moses laid before their faces all these words - He not only explained to them what God had given him in charge, but put it to their choice, whether they would accept these promises upon these terms or no. His laying it to their faces speaks his laying it to their consciences. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The elders of the people - The head of each tribe, and the chief of each family, by whose ministry this gracious purpose of God was speedily communicated to the whole camp. |
18 For [1063] verily [281] I say [3004] unto you [5213], Till [2193] [302] heaven [3772] and [2532] earth [1093] pass [3928], one [1520] jot [2503] or [2228] one [3391] tittle [2762] shall in no wise [3364] pass [3928] from [575] the law [3551], till [2193] [302] all [3956] be fulfilled [1096].
5 And Rebekah [07259] heard [08085] when Isaac [03327] spake [01696] to Esau [06215] his son [01121]. And Esau [06215] went [03212] to the field [07704] to hunt [06679] for venison [06718], and to bring [0935] it.