Exodus 19:10

Exodus 19:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
• New International Version (NIV)And the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their clothes
• English Standard Version (ESV)the Lord said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes.

Context of Exodus 19:10

8And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people to the LORD. 9And the LORD said to Moses, Lo, I come to thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people to the LORD. And the LORD said to Moses, Go to the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 11And be ready for the third day: for on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 12And thou shalt set bounds to the people all around, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up upon the mount, or touch the border of it: whoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

Exodus 19:10 word by word

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֤ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה֙ לֵ֣ךְ אֶל־הָעָ֔ם וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ֥ם הַיּ֖וֹם וּמָחָ֑ר וְכִבְּס֖וּ שִׂמְלֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• Goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• sanctifyקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• morrowמָחָרmâchâr · tomorrowH4279
• washכָּבַסkâbas · to washH3526
• clothesשִׂמְלָהώimlâh · mantleH8071

Cross-references for Exodus 19:10

• Exodus 16:15And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they knew not what it was . And Moses said to them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
• Leviticus 11:44For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
• Joshua 3:5And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
• Joshua 7:13Rise, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves for to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thy enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
• 1 Samuel 16:5And he said, Peaceably: I have come to sacrifice to the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
• 2 Chronicles 29:5And said to them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place .
• 2 Chronicles 30:17For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them to the LORD.
• Job 11:5But O that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
• 1 Corinthians 6:11And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
• Exodus 19:14And Moses went down from the mount to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
• Genesis 35:2Then Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
• Leviticus 11:25And whoever beareth any of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.
• Leviticus 15:5And whoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.
• Numbers 8:7And thus shalt thou do to them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
• Numbers 31:24And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
• Zechariah 3:3Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.

Commentaries on Exodus 19:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Sanctify them - See the meaning of this term, Exodus 13:2. Let them wash their clothes - And consequently bathe their bodies; for, according to the testimony of the Jews, these always went together. It was necessary that, as they were about to appear in the presence of God, every thing should be clean and pure about them; that they might be admonished by this of the necessity of inward purity, of which the outward washing was the emblem. From these…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Sanctify them - The injunction involves bodily purification and undoubtedly also spiritual preparation. Compare Hebrews 10:22. The washing of the clothes was an outward symbol well understood in all nations.Read the comment
• 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 19:10

• Ablution
• Israel
• Purification
• Sanctification
• Sinai
• Worship

In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Commandments, the Ten
• Festivals, Religious
• Kingdom
• Return
• Sanctify
• Thunder
• Treasure
• Wing
• Ablution

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