Exodus 19:21-24 ASV

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 19:21-25

GOD’S WARNING TO THE PEOPLE AGAINST A TOO NEAR APPROACH.(21-25) Warning was given, as soon as God announced His intention of descending upon Sinai, that the people must not approach too near. “Bounds” were set, and the people required to keep within them. Actual contact with the mountain was forbidden under penalty of death (Exodus 19:12). It is evident from Exodus 19:23 that the command to “set bounds” had been obeyed, and a fence erected which it would have required some force to “break... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 19:22

(22) The priests.—This has been called an anachronism, since the Levitical priesthood was not as yet instituted. But the Israelites, like all other ancient tribes or races, must have had priests long ere this, appointed upon one principle or another. It is a reasonable conjecture that hitherto the heads of families had exercised sacerdotal functions.Break forth—i.e., punish in some open and manifest way. Compare the “breach” upon Uzzah (2 Samuel 6:8). read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 19:23

(23) The people cannot come up.—Moses probably means that they cannot do so unwittingly; heDoes not contemplate the case of an intentional trespass. But it was this which God knew to be contemplated, and was desirous of preventing. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 19:24

(24) Away, get thee down.—He “with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning” (James 1:17) overrules the objection of Moses, and persists. The warning is required, and is to be given. Moses, submissive as usual, yields, and “goes down unto the people and speaks unto them.” The result is that no attempt to break through the barrier is made. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 19:1-25

Exodus 19:4-5 A great deliverance, whether of a man or of a society, is a great claim on the life that is saved. The Israelites carried with them a grand inheritance of holiness and truth. They were saved because of it. As a nation they betrayed it. Edward Thring. References. XIX. 6, 6. Bishop Gibson, The Old Testament in the New, p. 31. XIX. 6. Bishop Diggle, Sermons for Daily Life, p. 100. Exodus 19:10 After the deification of the emperors we are told that it was considered impious so much... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 19:1-25

CHAPTER XIX.AT SINAI.Exodus 19:1-25.In the third month from the Exodus, and on the selfsame day (which addition fixes the date precisely), the people reached the wilderness of Sinai. This answers fairly to the date of Pentecost, which was afterwards connected by tradition with the giving of the law. And therefore Pentecost was the right time for the gift of the Holy Ghost, bringing with Him the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus, and that freedom from servile Jewish obedience which is... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Exodus 19:24

19:24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the {i} priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.(i) Neither dignity nor multitude have authority to pass the bounds that God’s word prescribes. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 19:1-25

A CONDITIONAL PROMISE (vs.1-6) Chapter 19 begins the second great division of the book of Exodus. God's deliverance of Israel from Egypt has been fully accomplished though they are still in the wilderness. He had carried out His unconditional promise in this great deliverance. But now He makes a promise that is conditional on their obedience. This did not infringe on His first promise, but it is typical of God's authority being established among a redeemed people. Since they are redeemed to... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Exodus 19:1-25

PREPARATION FOR RECEIVING THE LAW The Exodus includes two concurring elements in the moral history of the people their redemption and their renovation. It is worthy of notice that God did not give Israel the law first and then say, “I will redeem you if you obey it,” but that He redeemed them first and gave them the law afterwards. THE ARRIVAL AT SINAI (Exodus 19:1-2 ) “In the third month the same day.” These words lead to the belief that the first day of the third (lunar) month is... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Exodus 19:1-25

The Commandments Exodus 19-20 We cannot get rid of Sinai in human education. If we persuade ourselves by some false reasoning that the things recorded in these chapters did not literally happen, we are playing the fool with ourselves. God could only come to us at the first by the letter. He touches us by infinite accommodations of his own nature and by a gracious study of our own. This is the plague of the imperfect reason, that it will quibble about the incident, the wrappage, and decoration... read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 19:21-25

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 19:22

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 19:23

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 19:24

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 19:1-25

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 19:1-25

Geneva Study Bible - Exodus 19:24

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 19:1-25

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Exodus 19:1-25

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Exodus 19:1-25

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