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Text -- Exodus 19:2-25 (NET)
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19:2 After they journeyed from Rephidim , they came to the Desert of Sinai , and they camped in the desert ; Israel camped there in front of the mountain .
19:3 Moses went up to God , and the Lord called to him from the mountain , “Thus you will tell the house of Jacob , and declare to the people of Israel :
19:4 ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt and how I lifted you on eagles ’ wings and brought you to myself.
19:5 And now , if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant , then you will be my special possession out of all the nations , for all the earth is mine,
19:6 and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation .’ These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites .”
19:7 So Moses came and summoned the elders of Israel . He set before them all these words that the Lord had commanded him,
19:8 and all the people answered together , “All that the Lord has commanded we will do !” So Moses brought the words of the people back to the Lord .
19:9 The Lord said to Moses , “I am going to come to you in a dense cloud , so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe in you.” And Moses told the words of the people to the Lord .
19:10 The Lord said to Moses , “Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow , and make them wash their clothes
19:11 and be ready for the third day , for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people .
19:12 You must set boundaries for the people all around , saying , ‘Take heed to yourselves not to go up on the mountain nor touch its edge . Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death !
19:13 No hand will touch him– but he will surely be stoned or shot through , whether a beast or a human being ; he must not live .’ When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast they may go up on the mountain .”
19:14 Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people , and they washed their clothes .
19:15 He said to the people , “Be ready for the third day . Do not go near your wives .”
19:16 On the third day in the morning there was thunder and lightning and a dense cloud on the mountain , and the sound of a very loud horn ; all the people who were in the camp trembled .
19:17 Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God , and they took their place at the foot of the mountain .
19:18 Now Mount Sinai was completely covered with smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire , and its smoke went up like the smoke of a great furnace , and the whole mountain shook violently .
19:19 When the sound of the horn grew louder and louder , Moses was speaking and God was answering him with a voice .
19:20 The Lord came down on Mount Sinai , on the top of the mountain , and the Lord summoned Moses to the top of the mountain , and Moses went up .
19:21 The Lord said to Moses , “Go down and solemnly warn the people , lest they force their way through to the Lord to look , and many of them perish .
19:22 Let the priests also , who approach the Lord , sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break through against them.”
19:23 Moses said to the Lord , “The people are not able to come up to Mount Sinai , because you solemnly warned us, ‘Set boundaries for the mountain and set it apart .’”
19:24 The Lord said to him, “Go , get down , and come up , and Aaron with you , but do not let the priests and the people force their way through to come up to the Lord , lest he break through against them.”
19:25 So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Sinai |
GENESIS, 4 |
PENTECOST |
Quotations and Allusions |
Law |
Commandments, the Ten |
Moses |
God |
Israel |
Reverence |
Worship |
Miracles |
Trumpet |
Government |
LAW, JUDICIAL |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2 |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Sanctification |
Priest |
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NET Notes -> Exo 19:2; Exo 19:2; Exo 19:3; Exo 19:3; Exo 19:4; Exo 19:4; Exo 19:5; Exo 19:5; Exo 19:5; Exo 19:5; Exo 19:6; Exo 19:6; Exo 19:6; Exo 19:8; Exo 19:9; Exo 19:9; Exo 19:9; Exo 19:10; Exo 19:10; Exo 19:12; Exo 19:12; Exo 19:13; Exo 19:13; Exo 19:13; Exo 19:15; Exo 19:15; Exo 19:16; Exo 19:16; Exo 19:16; Exo 19:16; Exo 19:18; Exo 19:18; Exo 19:19; Exo 19:19; Exo 19:19; Exo 19:21; Exo 19:21; Exo 19:22; Exo 19:23; Exo 19:23; Exo 19:25
NET Notes: Exo 19:2 The mountain is Mount Sinai, the mountain of God, the place where God had met and called Moses and had promised that they would be here to worship him...
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NET Notes: Exo 19:3 This expression is normally translated as “Israelites” in this translation, but because in this place it is parallel to “the house o...
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NET Notes: Exo 19:4 The language here is the language of a bridegroom bringing the bride to the chamber. This may be a deliberate allusion to another metaphor for the cov...
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NET Notes: Exo 19:5 The noun is סְגֻלָּה (sÿgullah), which means a special possession. Israel was to be God’s s...
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NET Notes: Exo 19:6 They are also to be “a holy nation.” They are to be a nation separate and distinct from the rest of the nations. Here is another aspect of...
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NET Notes: Exo 19:8 The verb is an imperfect. The people are not being presumptuous in stating their compliance – there are several options open for the interpretat...
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NET Notes: Exo 19:9 Since “and also in you” begins the clause, the emphasis must be that the people would also trust Moses. See Exod 4:1-9, 31; 14:31.
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NET Notes: Exo 19:10 The form is a perfect 3cpl with a vav (ו) consecutive. It is instructional as well, but now in the third person it is like a jussive, “let...
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NET Notes: Exo 19:12 The Niphal imperative (“guard yourselves, take heed to yourselves”) is followed by two infinitives construct that provide the description ...
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NET Notes: Exo 19:13 The nuance here is permissive imperfect, “they may go up.” The ram’s horn would sound the blast to announce that the revelation peri...
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NET Notes: Exo 19:15 B. Jacob (Exodus, 537) notes that as the people were to approach him they were not to lose themselves in earthly love. Such separations prepared the p...
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NET Notes: Exo 19:16 The word here is שֹׁפָר (shofar), the normal word for “horn.” This word is used especially to announce...
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NET Notes: Exo 19:19 The text simply has בְּקוֹל (bÿqol); it could mean “with a voice” or it could mean “i...
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