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Exodus 19:6

And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”

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ASV

and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

KJV

And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאַתֶּ֧םve.'a.Temand youH859 →
תִּהְיוּ־tih.yu-you will beH1961 →
לִ֛יlifor <the> me
מַמְלֶ֥כֶתmam.Le.kheta kingdom ofH4467 →
כֹּהֲנִ֖יםko.ha.NimpriestsH3548 →
וְג֣וֹיve.Goyand a nationH1471 →
קָד֑וֹשׁka.Do.oshholyH6918 →
אֵ֚לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428 →
הַדְּבָרִ֔יםha.de.va.Rim[are] the wordsH1697 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
תְּדַבֵּ֖רte.da.Beryou will speakH1696 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →

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Revelation 5:10You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.1 Peter 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.Revelation 1:6who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.Deuteronomy 28:9The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.Isaiah 62:12And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.Deuteronomy 26:19that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised.Leviticus 19:2“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.Leviticus 11:44–45For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.Romans 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.1 Corinthians 3:17If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.Leviticus 20:26You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.Isaiah 61:6But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.1 Peter 1:15–16But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,Revelation 20:6Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.Deuteronomy 33:2–4He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.Isaiah 66:21“And I will select some of them as priests and Levites,” says the LORD.

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About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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