Exodus 19:14

And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Moses	מֹשֶׁ֛ה mo.Sheh	H4872	Mosheh · proper noun, a man's name
down	וַיֵּ֧רֶד vai.Ye.red	H3381	to descend (literally · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
mount	הָהָ֖ר ha.Har	H2022	a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figurative… · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
people	הָעָ֑ם ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
sanctified	וַיְקַדֵּשׁ֙ vay.ka.Desh	H6942	to be (causatively · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
people	הָעָ֔ם ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
washed	וַֽיְכַבְּס֖וּ vay.kha.be.Su	H3526	to trample · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
clothes	שִׂמְלֹתָֽם sim.lo.Tam	H8071	a dress · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Exodus 19:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 19:9-15

Here, I. God intimates to Moses his purpose of coming down upon mount Sinai, in some visible appearance of his glory, in a thick cloud (Exo 19:9); for he said that he would dwell in the thick darkness (Ch2 6:1), and make this his pavilion (Psa 18:11), holding back the face of his throne when he set it upon mount Sinai, and spreading a cloud upon it, Job 26:9. This thick cloud was to prohibit curious enquiries into things secret, and to command an awful adoration of that which was revealed. God would come down in the sight of all the people (Exo 19:11); though they should see no manner of similitude, yet they should see so much as would convince them that God was among them of a truth. And so…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 19:9

The Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come . . . in a thick cloud, &c.--The deepest impressions are made on the mind through the medium of the senses; and so He who knew what was in man signalized His descent at the inauguration of the ancient church, by all the sensible tokens of august majesty that were fitted to produce the conviction that He is the great and terrible God. The whole multitude must have anticipated the event with feelings of intense solemnity and awe. The extraordinary preparations enjoined, the ablutions and rigid abstinence they were required to observe, the barriers erected all round the base of the mount, and the stern penalties annexed to the breach of any of the conditions…

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Adam Clarke on Exodus 19:13

There shall not a hand touch it - בו bo, Him, not the mountain, but the man who had presumed to touch the mountain. He should be considered altogether as an unclean and accursed thing, not to be touched for fear of conveying defilement; but should be immediately stoned or pierced through with a dart, Heb 12:20.

John Gill on Exodus 19:14

And Moses went down from the mount unto the people,.... The same day that he went up, the fourth day of the month: and sanctified the people; instructed them and ordered them what they should do for their sanctification, in order to their hearing the law from the mouth of the Lord: and they washed their clothes; as the Lord had directed Moses to enjoin them, and as he had commanded them; see Gill on Exodus 19:10.

Dictionary and topics

Commandments, the Ten — (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…
Festivals, Religious — There were daily (Lev. 23), weekly, monthly, and yearly festivals, and great stress was laid on the regular observance of them in every particular (Num. 28:1-8; Ex. 29:38-42; Lev. 6:8-23; Ex. 30:7-9;…
Ablution · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Purification · SCRIPTURES RELATING TO — SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Sanctification · All Israel sanctifie — All Israel sanctifie
Sinai · .The law — .The law
Trumpet · Used at Mount Sinai — Used at Mount Sinai

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 19:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 19:9-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 19:9

Adam Clarke on Exodus 19:13

John Gill on Exodus 19:14

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 19:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 19:9-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 19:9

Adam Clarke on Exodus 19:13

John Gill on Exodus 19:14

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Exodus 19:9-15

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 19:10-15

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 19:10-15

Rashi on Exodus 19:14