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19:6 and you <0859> will be <01961> to me a kingdom <04467> of priests <03548> and a holy <06918> nation <01471>.’ These <0428> are the words <01697> that <0834> you will speak <01696> to <0413> the Israelites <03478> <01121>.” 19:7 So Moses <04872> came <0935> and summoned <07121> the elders <02205> of Israel <05971>. He set <07760> before <06440> them all <03605> these <0428> words <01697> that <0834> the Lord <03068> had commanded <06680> him, 19:8 and all <03605> the people <05971> answered <06030> together <03162>, “All <03605> that <0834> the Lord <03068> has commanded <01696> we will do <06213>!” So Moses <04872> brought <07725> the words <01697> of the people <05971> back <07725> to <0413> the Lord <03068>. 19:9 The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “I <0595> am going to come <0935> to <0413> you in a dense <05645> cloud <06051>, so that <05668> the people <05971> may hear <08085> when I speak <01696> with <05973> you and so that <01571> they will always <05769> believe <0539> in you.” And Moses <04872> told <05046> the words <01697> of the people <05971> to <0413> the Lord <03068>. 19:10 The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Go <01980> to <0413> the people <05971> and sanctify <06942> them today <03117> and tomorrow <04279>, and make <03526> them wash <03526> their clothes <08071> 19:11 and be <01961> ready <03559> for the third <07992> day <03117>, for <03588> on the third <07992> day <03117> the Lord <03068> will come down <03381> on <05921> Mount <02022> Sinai <05514> in the sight <05869> of all <03605> the people <05971>. 19:12 You must set boundaries <01379> for the people <05971> all around <05439>, saying <0559>, ‘Take heed <08104> to yourselves not to go up <05927> on the mountain <02022> nor touch <05060> its edge <07097>. Whoever <03605> touches <05060> the mountain <02022> will surely be put <04191> to death <04191>! 19:13 No <03808> hand <03027> will touch <05060> him– but <03588> he will surely <05619> be stoned <05619> or <0176> shot <03384> through <03384>, whether <0518> a beast <0929> or <0518> a human being <0376>; he must not <03808> live <02421>.’ When the ram’s horn <03104> sounds a long blast <04900> they <01992> may go up <05927> on the mountain <02022>.” 19:14 Then Moses <04872> went down <03381> from <04480> the mountain <02022> to <0413> the people <05971> and sanctified <06942> the people <05971>, and they washed <03526> their clothes <08071>. 19:15 He said <0559> to <0413> the people <05971>, “Be <01961> ready <03559> for the third <07969> day <03117>. Do not <0408> go near <05066> your wives <0802>.” 19:16 On the third <07992> day <03117> in the morning <01242> there was <01961> thunder <06963> and lightning <01300> and a dense <03515> cloud <06051> on <05921> the mountain <02022>, and the sound <06963> of a very <03966> loud <02389> horn <07782>; all <03605> the people <05971> who <0834> were in the camp <04264> trembled <02729>. 19:17 Moses <04872> brought <03318> the <0853> people <05971> out <03318> of the camp <04264> to meet <07125> God <0430>, and they took their place <03320> at the foot <08482> of the mountain <02022>. 19:18 Now Mount <02022> Sinai <05514> was completely <03605> covered with smoke <06225> because <06440> the Lord <03068> had <0834> descended <03381> on <05921> it in fire <0784>, and its smoke <06227> went up <05927> like the smoke <06227> of a great furnace <03536>, and the whole <03605> mountain <02022> shook violently <02729>. 19:19 When <01961> the sound <06963> of the horn <07782> grew <01980> louder <02390> and louder <03966>, Moses <04872> was speaking <01696> and God <0430> was answering <06030> him with a voice <06963>. 19:20 The Lord <03068> came down <03381> on <05921> Mount <02022> Sinai <05514>, on <0413> the top <07218> of the mountain <02022>, and the Lord <03068> summoned <07121> Moses <04872> to <0413> the top <07218> of the mountain <02022>, and Moses <04872> went up <05927>. 19:21 The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Go down <03381> and solemnly warn <05749> the people <05971>, lest <06435> they force <02040> their way through to <0413> the Lord <03068> to look <07200>, and many <07227> of <04480> them perish <05307>. 19:22 Let the priests <03548> also <01571>, who approach <0413> <05066> the Lord <03068>, sanctify <06942> themselves, lest <06435> the Lord <03068> break through <06555> against them.” 19:23 Moses <04872> said <0559> to <0413> the Lord <03068>, “The people <05971> are not <03808> able <03201> to come up <05927> to <0413> Mount <02022> Sinai <05514>, because <03588> you <0859> solemnly warned <05749> us, ‘Set boundaries <01379> for the mountain <02022> and set <06942> it apart <06942>.’” 19:24 The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> him, “Go <01980>, get down <03381>, and come up <05927>, and Aaron <0175> with <05973> you <0859>, but do not <0408> let the priests <03548> and the people <05971> force <02040> their way through <02040> to come up <05927> to <0413> the Lord <03068>, lest <06435> he break through <06555> against them.” 19:25 So Moses <04872> went down <03381> to <0413> the people <05971> and spoke <0559> to <0413> them.

• Exo 19:1-25 -- Israel at Sinai

• TONGUES OF FIRE

  [isbe] TONGUES OF FIRE - (glossai hosei puros): The reference in this topic is to the marvelous gift of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-13). After His resurrection the Lord bade His disciples to tarry in Jerusalem...
  

• Sinai

  [isbe] SINAI - si'-ni, si'-na-i (cinay; Codex Alexandrinus Sina, Codex Vaticanus Seina): 1. The Name: The name comes probably from a root meaning "to shine," which occurs in Syriac, and which in Babylonian is found in the name sinu...
  [nave] SINAI 1. A mountain in the peninsula E. of Red Sea. Called also Sina-Hora. Children of Israel arrive at, in their wanderings in the wilderness, Ex. 16:1; 19:2; Deut. 1:2. The law delivered to Moses upon, Ex. 19:3-25; 20; 24...
  

• SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2

  [isbe] SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2 - V. The Mosaic Sacrificial System. 1. The Covenant Sacrifice: The fundamental function of Moses' work was to establish the covenant between Israel and God. This important transaction took ...
  

• Quotations and Allusions

  [nave] QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS. In the New Testament from, and to, the Old Testament Matt. 1:23 Isa. 7:14. Matt. 2:6 Mic. 5:2. Matt. 2:15 Hos. 11:1. Matt. 2:18 Jer. 31:15. Matt. 3:3 Isa. 40:3. Matt. 4:4 Deut. 8:3; Luke 4:4. Matt...
  

• PRIESTS AND LEVITES

  [isbe] PRIESTS AND LEVITES - (kohen, "priest"; nothing is definitely known as to the origin of the word; Lewi, "Levite," on which see LEVI): I. DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE HISTORY 1. The Old View 2. The Graf-Wellhausen View 3. Mediating...
  

• PENTECOST

  [isbe] PENTECOST - pen'-te-kost: 1. In the Old Testament: As the name indicates (pentekoste), this second of the great Jewish national festivals was observed on the 50th day, or 7 weeks, from the Paschal Feast, and therefore in the...
  

• OMNIPRESENCE

  [isbe] OMNIPRESENCE - om-ni-prez'-ens: 1. Non-Occurrence of the Term in Scripture: Neither the noun "omnipresence" nor adjective "omnipresent" occurs in Scripture, but the idea that God is everywhere present is throughout presuppos...
  

• Music, Instrumental

  [ebd] Among instruments of music used by the Hebrews a principal place is given to stringed instruments. These were, (1.) The kinnor, the "harp." (2.) The nebel, "a skin bottle," rendered "psaltery." (3.) The sabbeka, or "sackbut,...
  

• Law

  [nave] LAW. Psa. 19:7-9; Psa. 119:1-8; Prov. 28:4, 5; Matt. 22:21 Luke 20:22-25. Luke 16:17; Rom. 2:14, 15; Rom. 7:7, 12, 14; Rom. 13:10; 1 Tim. 1:5, 8-10; Jas. 1:25; 1 John 3:4; 1 John 5:3 See: Litigation; Commandments; Duty to G...
  

• LAW, JUDICIAL

  [isbe] LAW, JUDICIAL - joo-dish'-al: This was the form of Divine law which, under the dominion of God, as the Supreme Magistrate, directed the policy of the Jewish nation, and hence, was binding only on them, not on other peoples. ...
  

• LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT - || I. TERMS USED 1. Torah ("Law") 2. Synonyms of Torah (1) Mitswah ("Command") (2) `Edhah ("Witness," "Testimony") (3) MishpaTim ("Judgments") (4) Chuqqim ("Statutes") (5) Piqqudhim ("Precepts") II...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• GOD, 2

  [isbe] GOD, 2 - II. The Idea of God in the Old Testament. 1. Course of Its Development: Any attempt to write the whole history of the idea of God in the Old Testament would require a preliminary study of the literary and historical...
  

• GENESIS, 4

  [isbe] GENESIS, 4 - IV. The Historical Character. 1. History of the Patriarchs: (Genesis 12 through 50): (1) Unfounded Attacks upon the History. (a) From General Dogmatic Principles: In order to disprove the historical character of...
  

• First-born, Sanctification of the

  [ebd] A peculiar sanctity was attached to the first-born both of man and of cattle. God claimed that the first-born males of man and of animals should be consecrated to him, the one as a priest (Ex. 19:22, 24), representing the fa...
  

• Congregation

  [ebd] (Heb. kahal), the Hebrew people collectively as a holy community (Num. 15:15). Every circumcised Hebrew from twenty years old and upward was a member of the congregation. Strangers resident in the land, if circumcised, were,...
  

• Commandments, the Ten

  [ebd] (Ex. 34:28; Deut. 10:4, marg. "ten words") i.e., the Decalogue (q.v.), is a summary of the immutable moral law. These commandments were first given in their written form to the people of Israel when they were encamped at Sin...
  

• BREAK

  [isbe] BREAK - brak: shabhar = "break" (down, off, in pieces, up), "destroy," "quench" (Isa 14:25; Jer 19:10,11; Ezek 4:16; Am 1:5); paraq = "to break off" or "craunch"; figuratively "to deliver" (Gen 27:40 the King James Version);...
  

• BOUNDS

  [isbe] BOUNDS - boundz: gabhal = "to twist" (as a rope), "to make an enclosure" (as by a line) occurs in Ex 19:12,23; Ps 104:9; gebhul = "a cord," hence, "a boundary," "territory" (Ex 23:31 the King James Version), with its feminin...
  

• BLACKNESS

  [isbe] BLACKNESS - (kimririm, "obscurations"; qadhruth, "darkness"; gnophos, "darkness" zophos "blackness"): Terms rarely used but of special significance in picturing the fearful gloom and blackness of moral darkness and calamity....
  

• The Giving of the Law

  

• O, Datanglah, Imanuel [KJ.81]

  1. O, datanglah, Imanuel, tebus umatMu Israel yang dalam berkeluh kesah menanti Penolongnya. Bersoraklah, hai Israel, menyambut Sang Imanuel!	Yes 7:14 Mat 1:23
  2. O, datang, Tunas Isai, patahkan belenggu pedih dan umatMu lepaskanlah dari lembah sengsaranya. Bersoraklah, hai Israel, menyambut Sang Imanuel!	Yes 11:1, 10 Why 22:16 Yes 45:2
  3. O Surya Pagi, datanglah dan jiwa kami hiburlah; halaukanlah gelap seram bayangan maut yang kejam. Bersoraklah, hai Israel, menyambut Sang Imanuel!	Mal 4:2 Luk 1:78-79 Yoh 1:9 Yes 9:1 Mat 4:16
  4. O Kunci Daud, datanglah, gapura sorga bukalah; tutuplah jalan seteru, supaya s'lamat umatMu. Bersoraklah, hai Israel, menyambut Sang Imanuel.	Yes 22:22 Why 3:7
  5. O Tuhan Allah, datanglah, FirmanMu berkuasalah, seperti waktu Kauberi di atas puncak Sinai. Bersoraklah, hai Israel, menyambut Sang Imanuel.	Kel 19-20:21
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• [Exo 19:18] Lord Of Might From Sinai’s Brow, The

  The Lord of might from Sinai’s brow Gave forth His voice of thunder; And Israel lay on earth below, Outstretched in fear and wonder; Beneath His feet was pitchy night, And at His left hand, and His right, The rocks were rent asunder. The Lord of love, on Calvary, A meek and suffering Stranger, Upraised to heaven His languid eye, In nature’s hour of danger; For us, He bore the weight of woe, For us, He gave His blood to flow, And met His Father’s anger. The Lord of love, the Lord of might, The King of all created, Shall back return to claim His right, On clouds of glory seated; With trumpet sound and angel song, And hallelujahs loud and long, O’er death and hell defeated.

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• [Exo 19:18] Not To The Terrors Of The Lord

  Not to the terrors of the Lord, The tempest, fire, and smoke; Not to the thunder of that word Which God on Sinai spoke; But we are come to Sion’s hill, The city of our God, Where milder words declare His will, And spread His love abroad. Behold th’innumerable host Of angels clothed in light! Behold the spirits of the just, Whose faith is turned to sight! Behold the blessed assembly there Whose names are writ in Heav’n! And God, the Judge of all, declares Their vilest sins forgiv’n. The saints on earth and all the dead But one communion make; All join in Christ their living Head, And of His grace partake. In such society as this My weary soul would rest: The man that dwells where Jesus is Must be forever blessed.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• How should New Testament Believers relate to the OT Law?
  Below is a brief overview on the subject of the Law which I believe will help answer your questions about the believer and the Law today. The Use of the Term "The Law" (Instruction, Torah) This term is used of the enti...
• What is the significance of numbers in Scripture?
  The following material from The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia should be helpful here: III. Significant numbers Numbers are also used with a symbolical or theological significance. One is used to convey th...
• What Is Meant by "Strange Fire"?
  The "strange fire" mentioned in Lev. 10:1,2 is understood to mean that Nadab and Abihu, instead of taking fire into their censers from the brazen altar, took common fire which had not been consecrated, and thus were guilty of...

To be Set Apart for Holy Use; A Definition

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