Exodus 19:20 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 19:20

The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jehovah came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the mount: and Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

KJV

And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The Lord came down - This was undoubtedly done in a visible manner, that the people might witness the awful appearance. We may suppose that every thing was arranged thus: the glory of the Lord occupied the top of the mountain, and near to this Moses was permitted to approach. Aaron and the seventy elders were permitted to advance some way up the mountain, while the people were only permitted to come up to its base.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּ֧רֶד	vai.Ye.red	and he came down	H3381 →
יְהוָ֛ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הַ֥ר	har	[the] mountain of	H2022 →
סִינַ֖י	si.Nai	Sinai	H5514 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
רֹ֣אשׁ	rosh	[the] top of	H7218 →
הָהָ֑ר	ha.Har	the mountain	H2022 →
וַיִּקְרָ֨א	vai.yik.Ra'	and he summoned	H7121 →
יְהוָ֧ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לְמֹשֶׁ֛ה	le.mo.Sheh	<to> Moses	H4872 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
רֹ֥אשׁ	rosh	[the] top of	H7218 →
הָהָ֖ר	ha.Har	the mountain	H2022 →
וַיַּ֥עַל	vai.Ya.'al	and he went up	H5927 →
מֹשֶֽׁה׃	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Nehemiah 9:13
You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
leads to
- Exodus 19:11
  and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 20:1
  And God spoke all these words:
- Psalms 119:160
  The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
- Psalms 119:127–128
  Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
- Romans 7:12–14
  So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
Through
Exodus 19:3
Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:
leads to
- Exodus 3:4
  When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.
- Acts 7:38
  He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
Through
Exodus 34:2
Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 9:25
  So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.

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