Exodus 19:6

Exodus 19:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
• New International Version (NIV)you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”

Context of Exodus 19:6

4“You yourselves have seen what I did against the Egyptians. You know how I took care of you. I carried you carefully, like an eagle carries her babies on her wings. I brought you here to come to me. 5Now you must be careful to obey me and my covenant with you. Then you will belong to me as my special people. The whole earth belongs to me, and I have chosen you from among all the nations. You will be my priests who serve in my kingdom. You will be a nation that is special to me.” These are the words that you must speak to the Israelites.’ 7So Moses came back down from the mountain. He brought together all the leaders of the Israelites. He told them all the words that the Lord had commanded him. 8The people all replied together. They said, ‘We will do everything that the Lord has said.’ Then Moses repeated their answer to the Lord.

Exodus 19:6 word by word

וְאַתֶּ֧ם תִּהְיוּ־לִ֛י מַמְלֶ֥כֶת כֹּהֲנִ֖ים וְג֣וֹי קָד֑וֹשׁ אֵ֚לֶּה הַדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּדַבֵּ֖ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And ye shall be unto me a kingdomמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467
• of priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• and an holyקָדוֹשׁqâdôsh qâdôsh · holyH6918
• nationגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• the wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• which thou shalt speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• unto the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for Exodus 19:6

• 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.
• Isaiah 61:6People will call you “The Lord's priests who are servants of our God”. You will enjoy valuable things from other nations. You will boast about all the riches that you receive from them.
• Romans 12:1My Christian friends, God has been very kind to us. Because of that, I really want you to serve God with your whole life. Offer your bodies to him like a sacrifice that continues to live. Serve him with everything that you have and that will please him. That is the true way to worship God.
• 1 Peter 2:5You yourselves are also like stones that are alive. God is using you, like stones, to build a house where his Spirit lives. You will serve him like his special priests who offer sacrifices to him. God will be happy with the spiritual offerings that you give to him, because you belong to Jesus Christ.
• Revelation 1:6Jesus has brought us into his family, so that we belong to God's kingdom. He has made us priests, so that we serve his God and Father. So we praise Jesus Christ! He will always be very great! He has power for all time. Amen. This is true!
• Revelation 5:10You have caused them to belong to the kingdom of our God. You have made them priests, so that they serve God. And they will rule on the earth.’
• Revelation 20:6God has blessed those people that he raises up that first time. They belong to God as his holy people. The second death has no power over them. Instead, they will be priests who serve God and Christ. They will rule as kings with him for 1,000 years.
• Leviticus 11:44God says, “I am the Lord your God. I am holy. Make yourselves holy. Do not touch any small animal that moves across the ground. If you do, you will not be clean or holy
• Leviticus 19:2‘Speak to Israel's people. They must be holy because I am holy. You must tell them that.
• Leviticus 20:24I, the Lord, will give their land to Israel's people. I will give it to you and to your children to keep for all time. In that land, there is plenty of food and drink, enough for everyone. I am the Lord your God. I want you to be separate from other people.
• Leviticus 21:7A priest must not marry a woman who has left her husband. He must not marry a woman if men have paid her to have sex with her. He must not marry a woman whose husband has sent her away. A priest must be holy.
• Deuteronomy 7:6Remember that you are a special people who belong to the Lord your God. He has chosen you for himself out of all the other people who live on the earth. He loves you as his special people.
• Deuteronomy 26:19If you do that, he will make you greater than all the other nations that he has made. Other nations will see that you are great. They will praise you and give you honour. You will be a nation that belongs to the Lord your God as his own special people. He has promised to do this.
• Deuteronomy 28:9The Lord will continue to help you as his special people, as he has promised to do. But you must obey his commands. You must live in a way that pleases him.
• Isaiah 62:12Their name will be ‘God's holy People’, and ‘The People that the Lord has redeemed’. And Jerusalem's name will be ‘The City where people are happy’, and ‘The City that is full of people’.
• 1 Corinthians 3:17If anyone destroys God's special house, then God will destroy that person. And you are like that house. You belong to God in a special way.

Commentaries on Exodus 19:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6And a holy nation - They should be a nation, one people; firmly united among themselves, living under their own laws; and powerful, because united, and acting under the direction and blessing of God. They should be a holy nation, saved from their sins, righteous in their conduct, holy in their hearts; every external rite being not only a significant ceremony, but also a means of conveying light and life, grace and peace, to every person who…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6A kingdom of priests - Israel collectively is a royal and priestly race: a dynasty of priests, each true member uniting in himself the attributes of a king and priest. Compare 1 Peter 2:5; Revelation 1:6. An holy nation - The holiness of Israel consisted in its special consecration to God: it was a sacred nation, sacred by adoption, by covenant, and by participation in all means of grace. Compare Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 26:19; Deuteronomy 28:9; 1…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6God, who owns all the earth, promised to make Israel his treasured possession. This promise depended on their acceptance and faithful keeping of a covenant with God. unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation: The nation was to act as intercessors between a holy God and a lost world. God would reveal himself through Israel (see 1 Peter 2:9–10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-63-6. Moses went up unto God--the Shekinah--within the cloud (Ex 33:20; Joh 1:18). Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, &c.--The object for which Moses went up was to receive and convey to the people the message contained in these verses, and the purport of which was a general announcement of the terms on which God was to take the Israelites into a close and peculiar relation to Himself. In thus negotiating between God and His people, the highest…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 19:6

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• Israel
• Moses
• Priest
• Quotations and Allusions
• Sinai

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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