Exodus 19:11

Exodus 19:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
• New International Version (NIV)and be ready by the third day, because on that day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the Lord will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

Context of Exodus 19:11

9The Lord said to Moses, ‘I will come to you in a thick cloud. Then the people will hear me when I speak to you. Then they will always believe what you say.’ Moses told the Lord the words that the people had said. 10Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Go to the people. Make them ready to meet with me. Today and tomorrow they must wash their clothes. They must be ready on the third day. On that day, I will come down on Sinai mountain, so that all the people see me. 12Make a line round the edge of the mountain so that the people do not cross it. Say to them, “Be careful! Do not go up the mountain or even touch the edge of it. If any people or animals touch the mountain, they must die. 13Nobody must go near them. You must throw stones at them to kill them. Or you must shoot arrows at them. You must not let them live, whether they are people or animals.” The people must wait until they hear the sound of a trumpet. When they hear a long noise, then they may go up on the mountain.’

Exodus 19:11 word by word

וְהָי֥וּ נְכֹנִ֖ים לַיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑י כִּ֣י׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗י יֵרֵ֧ד יְהוָ֛ה לְעֵינֵ֥י כָל־הָעָ֖ם עַל־הַ֥ר סִינָֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And be readyכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
• against the thirdשְׁלִישִׁיshelîyshîy · thirdH7992
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• will come downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• in the sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• of all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• upon mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Sinaiסִינַיsîynay · SinaiH5514

Cross-references for Exodus 19:11

• Exodus 19:16On the morning of the third day, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was there over the mountain. The people heard the noise of a loud trumpet. They were so afraid that their bodies were shaking.
• Exodus 3:8So now I have come down to save them from the power of the Egyptians. I will bring them out from Egypt to go to another land. That will be a good land and a big land. The land will give them plenty of good food and drink, enough for everyone. These are the nations who live there now: the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites.
• Exodus 34:5Then the Lord came down in the cloud. He came and he stood with Moses. The Lord spoke aloud his own name, the Lord.
• Numbers 11:17Then I will come down and I will speak with you there. I will take some of the authority of my Spirit that I gave to you. I will share it with them. Then they will help you to lead the people. So you will not be the only man who is doing that job.
• Deuteronomy 33:2He said this: ‘The Lord came from Sinai. He appeared to his people like the sun that rises over the hills of Edom. He shone on his people from Mount Paran. Thousands of angels came with him. In his right hand, he held his Law that burned with fire.
• Psalms 18:9God caused the sky to bend as he came down. Dark clouds were under his feet.
• Psalms 144:5Lord, open up the heavens! Leave your home and come down to earth! Touch the mountains so that they burn with smoke.
• Isaiah 64:1Please Lord, break open the skies and come down to help us! That would make the mountains shake!
• John 3:13The Son of Man came down from heaven. Nobody else has gone up to heaven except him.
• John 6:38I have not come down from heaven to do what I myself choose to do. No, my Father has sent me. I have come to do what he wants me to do.

Commentaries on Exodus 19:11

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 The solemn manner in which the law was delivered, was to impress the people with a right sense of the Divine majesty. Also to convince them of their own guilt, and to show that they could not stand in judgment before God by their own obedience. In the law, the sinner discovers what he ought to be, what he is, and what he wants. There he learns the nature, necessity, and glory of redemption, and of being made holy. Having been taught to flee to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-15In the second stage of preparation, the people received commands that helped them get ready for God’s covenant. First, they had to wash their clothing (19:10, 14). This act showed that God is pure. Second, they had to set up a boundary around the mountain and not cross it (19:12–13). This command showed that God is holy (completely set apart). Third, they had to abstain from sexual relations (19:15). This instruction reminded them that God is not a sexual…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-159-15. 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…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 19:11

• Israel
• Sinai
• Worship

In the dictionaries

• Sinai
• Sinai, or Sinai
• Sinai, Horeb
• Third Day
• Commandments, the Ten
• Festivals, Religious
• Kingdom
• Return
• Sanctify
• Thunder

Commentaries on Exodus 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings