and be ready for the third day; for on the third day Yahweh will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai.
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and be ready for the third day; for on the third day Yahweh will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai.
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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.
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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.
Cross-references (13)
Passages linked to Exodus 19:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 19:16 On the third day, when it was morning, there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people who were in the camp trembled.
- Exodus 34:5 Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed Yahweh’s name.
- Deuteronomy 33:2 He said, “Yahweh came from Sinai, and rose from Seir to them. He shone from Mount Paran. He came from the ten thousands of holy ones. At his right hand was a fiery law for them.
- John 3:13 No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
- Exodus 3:8 I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
- Exodus 19:18 All of Mount Sinai smoked, because Yahweh descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.
- Exodus 19:20 Yahweh came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Yahweh called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
- Numbers 11:17 I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you don’t bear it yourself alone.
- Psalms 18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
- Psalms 144:5 Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
- Isaiah 64:1-2 Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence. As when fire kindles the brushwood, and the fire causes the water to boil; Make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence!
- Habakkuk 3:3-6 God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens, and his praise filled the earth. His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden. Plague went before him, and pestilence followed his feet. He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.
- John 6:38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 19:11 And be ready against the third day:…
Exo 19:11 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.
Ver. 11. Against the third day.] That is, three days hence, on the day of Pentecost.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain For the third day from this time, and the…
For the third day from this time, and the fiftieth day from the passover, as was noted before,
the Lord will come down in a visible and glorious manifestation of his presence.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And be ready against the third day,.... Not the…
And be ready against the third day,.... Not the third day of the month, but the third day from hence, this being the fourth, and the morrow the fifth, and the third day, the day following that, the sixth, on which day it is generally agreed by the Jews that the law was given; see Gill on Exo 19:16.
for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai; which must be understood, consistent with his omnipresence, and is only expressive of some visible display of his power, and of some sensible token of his presence to the people; he was now upon it in the pillar of cloud, but then he would appear in another manner, and descend in a thick cloud and fire, which all the people would see, though they could not see the similitude of anything in it.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain In the sight of all the people - Though…
In the sight of all the people - 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 high was the top of Mount Sinai, that it is supposed not only the camp of Israel, but even the countries about might discern some extraordinary appearance of glory upon it.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Exo 19:11. In the sight of all the people…
Exo 19:11. In the sight of all the people — 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 high was the top of mount Sinai, that it is supposed not only the camp of Israel, but even the countries about might discern some extraordinary appearance of glory upon it.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 11. Be ready against the third day — Ceremonial…
11. Be ready against the third day — Ceremonial purifications, made with expectations of some sublime theophany about to take place, prepared the hearts of the people to receive the deepest possible impressions from the scene. While the messages given through Moses to Israel were generally received alone in the mountain, this grand revelation was to be in the sight of all the people. Object-teaching was especially necessary at that stage of Israel’s history.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) Against the third day.—There is no special “significance”…
(11) Against the third day.—There is no special “significance” in this mention of “the third day.” The important point is, that the purification was to continue through two entire days—one day not being sufficient. This taught the lesson that man’s defilement is, in the sight of God, very great.
The Lord will come down in the sight of all the people.—See the comment on Exo_19:9.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The Lord win come down. Jehovah is regarded as…
The Lord win come down. Jehovah is regarded as dwelling in the heaven above, not exclusively, (Psa_139:7-10) but especially and therefore, when he appears on earth, he "comes down". (Gen_11:5-7 Gen_18:21; Exo_3:8; etc.) In the sight of all the people. That a visible manifestation of the Divine presence is intended appears, unmistakably, from verses 16 and 18.
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