Exodus 19:6 KJV — MannaFest

Exodus 19:6

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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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.

WEB

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.”

YLT

and ye--ye are to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation: these are the words which thou dost speak unto the sons of Israel.'

DBT

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

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Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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The CovenantsMosaic — kingdom of priests.

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Revelation 5:10
And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
1 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Revelation 1:6
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 2:5
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Deuteronomy 7:6
For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

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In thus negotiating between God and His people, the highest post of duty which any mortal man was ever called to occupy, Moses was still but a servant. The only Mediator is Jesus Christ [1Ti 2:5;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

He does not specify any one particular favour, as giving them the land of Canaan, or the like, but expresses it in that which was inclusive of all happiness, that he would be to them a God in covenant, and they should be to him a people. [1.] God here asserts his sovereignty over, and propriety in, the whole visible creation: All the earth is mine.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

When they were first made a free people it was that they might sacrifice to the Lord their God, as priests; they were under God's immediate government, and the tendency of the laws given them was to distinguish them from others, and engage them for God as a holy nation. Thus all believers are, through Christ, made to our God kings and priests ( Rev. i.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests--As the priestly order was set apart from the common mass, so the Israelites, compared with other people, were to sustain the same near relation to God; a community of spiritual sovreigns. an holy nation--set apart to preserve the knowledge and worship of God.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Typology 1 Peter 2:9
The Sinai/Mosaic vocation 'a kingdom of priests, an holy nation' (Exod 19:6) is applied directly to the church - a royal priesthood.
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Quoted in 1PE 2:9
'A royal priesthood, an holy nation' (church as new Israel, w/ Isa 43:20-21)

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

EXO 19:61PE 2:9 EXO 19:5-6
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EXO 19:61PE 2:9 REV 5:10
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
EXO 19:61PE 2:9 REV 1:6
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EXO 19:61PE 2:9 ISA 61:6
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EXO 19:61PE 2:9 DEU 7:6
EXO 19:61PE 2:5 1PE 2:9
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EXO 19:6REV 1:6 REV 20:6
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EXO 19:61PE 2:5 EPH 2:20-22

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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