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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 19:10-15

The awfulness of God's presence, and the preparation needed ere we approach him. I. THE AWFULNESS OF GOD 'S PRESENCE . The presence of God is awful, even to those holy angels who are without spot or stain of sin, having done the holy will of their Maker from their creation. But to sinful man it is far more awful. No man "can see God's face, and live" ( Exodus 33:20 ). Jacob was mistaken when he said, " I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved" ( Genesis 32:30... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 19:10-25

The mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire ( Hebrews 12:18 ). It is interesting to observe that, with the latter part of this chapter, we enter on an entirely new phase in the history of God's revelation of himself to Israel. Terror enough there has been in the previous portions of the book—terror and "a mighty hand"—awful manifestations of God's power and holiness; but towards Israel there has been displayed only benignity and fatherly affection. Their wants have been... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 19:10

Sanctify 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 more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 19:10

Exodus 19:10. Sanctify the people As Job sent and sanctified his sons, Job 1:5. Sanctify them That is, call them off from their worldly business, and call them to religious exercises, meditation and prayer, that they may receive the law from God’s mouth with reverence and devotion. Two things particularly were prescribed as instances of their preparation. 1st, In token of cleansing of themselves from all sinful pollutions, they must wash their clothes Not that God regards our clothes,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 19:1-25

19:1-24:18 MAKING OF THE COVENANTIsrael at Mount Sinai (19:1-25)The arrival of the people at Mount Sinai marked the fulfilment of the promise God made to Moses on the occasion of the burning bush (see 3:12). The journey from Egypt took three months and was accomplished solely by God’s power and care. Long before the nation of Israel existed, God chose it to be his people and he confirmed this choice in a covenant made with Abraham. He then guided the history of Abraham’s descendants to bring... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 19:10-14

"And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments, and be ready against the third day; for the third day Jehovah will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: no hand shall touch him, but he shall... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 19:10

Exodus 19:10. Sanctify them to-day and to-morrow— What is meant by sanctification, i.e. a separating and setting apart to holy uses, has been often explained. And here the context very fully informs us, what was to be the mode of the present sanctification of the Israelites: they were to wash their clothes, externally purifying themselves, as symbolical of internal purification. See Heb 10:22 and Genesis 35:2. They were to abstain from their wives, Exo 19:15 in order the better to abstract... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 19:1-11

B. The establishment of the Mosaic Covenant 19:1-24:11The Lord had liberated Israel from bondage in Egypt, but now He adopted the nation into a special relationship with Himself."Now begins the most sublime section in the whole Book. The theme of this section is supremely significant, playing a role of decisive importance in the history of Israel and of humanity as a whole." [Note: Cassuto, p. 223.] At Sinai, Israel received the law and the tabernacle. The law facilitated the obedience of God’s... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 19:7-15

The reaction of the Israelites to God’s promises was understandably positive, and God approved it (Deuteronomy 5:27-28). They wanted what God offered them. However, they overestimated their own ability to keep the covenant, and they underestimated God’s standards for them. This twin error is traceable to a failure to appreciate their own sinfulness and God’s holiness. The Mosaic Law would teach them to appreciate both more realistically (cf. Deuteronomy 5:29).God designed the procedures He... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 19:1-25

Preparation for the Giving of the Law1. The same day] the 15th day of the month: cp. Exodus 12:18, Exodus 12:29; Exodus 16:1. Marching slowly, with long halts at the various stations on the route, the host took two months to traverse the 150 m between Egypt and Sinai. Here they remained eleven months (see Numbers 10:11-12), during which time the nation entered into a formal covenant with Jehovah on the basis of the moral law received from God by Moses, and promulgated by him.Wilderness of... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 19:10-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 19:10-25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 19:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 19:10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 19:1-25

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 19:10-14

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 19:10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 19:1-11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 19:7-15

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 19:1-25

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