Exodus 19:8
in Exodus 19And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.
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ASV
And all the people answered together, and said, All that Jehovah hath spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people unto Jehovah.
KJV
And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord.
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This verse in Exodus 19
Commentary
9 notes on this verseAnd all the people answered, etc. - The people, having such gracious advantages laid before them, most cheerfully consented to take God for their portion; as he had graciously promised to take them for his people. Thus a covenant was made, the parties being mutually bound to each other. Moses returned the words - When the people had on their part consented to the covenant, Moses appears to have gone immediately up to the mountain and related to God the success of his mission; for he was now on the mount, as appears from Exo 19:14.
This site's exposition
called for the elders of the people
on Exodus 19:7-8
Moses lays the words before the elders and the answer comes back from the whole assembly at once, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. The same promise is given twice more in chapter 24, at 24:3 and again at 24:7, where they add and be obedient. Chapter 32 falls between that promise and the building of the tabernacle, and the text sets the two beside each other without comment.
This site's exposition
So Moses brought their words back to the LORD
Moses carries the answer up the mountain, and Adam Clarke reads the exchange as a covenant now made, with both parties bound to each other. Matthew Henry sees in the double errand the work of Christ as mediator. He brings God's word down and the people's offering up.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Thus Christ, the Mediator between us and God, as a prophet reveals God's will to us, his precepts and promises, and then as a priest offers up to God our spiritual sacrifices, not only of prayer and praise, but of devout affections and pious resolutions, the work of his own Spirit in us. Thus he is that blessed days-man who lays his hand upon us both.
And all the people answered together,....
Thus Christ, the Mediator between us and God, as a prophet reveals God's will to us, his precepts and promises, and then as a priest offers up to God our spiritual sacrifices, not only of prayer and praise, but of devout affections and pious resolutions, the work of his own Spirit in us. Thus he is that blessed days-man who lays his hand upon us both.
Thus they strike the bargain, accepting the Lord to be to them a God, and giving up themselves to be to him a people. O that there had been such a heart in them! Moses, as a mediator, returned the words of the people to God,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
All that the Lord ... - By this answer the people accepted the covenant. It was the preliminary condition of their complete admission into the state of a royal priesthood.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
All that the Lord ... - By this answer the people accepted the covenant. It was the preliminary condition of their complete admission into the state of a royal priesthood.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּעֲנ֨וּ | vaiyaanu | and they answered | H6030 → | 331 times |
| כָל־ | khol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָעָ֤ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יַחְדָּו֙ | yachdav | together | H3162 → | 141 times |
| וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ | vaiyomeru | and they said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| כֹּ֛ל | kol | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבֶּ֥ר | diber | he has spoken | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| נַעֲשֶׂ֑ה | naaseh | we will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| וַיָּ֧שֶׁב | vaiyashev | and he brought back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֛ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דִּבְרֵ֥י | divrei | [the] words of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הָעָ֖ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וַיַּעֲנ֨וּand they answered
vaiyaanuH6030 →331 times
כָל־all
khol-H3605 →5413 times
הָעָ֤םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
יַחְדָּו֙together
yachdavH3162 →141 times
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּand they said
vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times
כֹּ֛לall
kolH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
דִּבֶּ֥רhe has spoken
diberH1696 →1141 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
נַעֲשֶׂ֑הwe will do
naasehH6213 →2628 times
וַיָּ֧שֶׁבand he brought back
vaiyashevH7725 →1056 times
מֹשֶׁ֛הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] words of
divreiH1697 →1440 times
הָעָ֖םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 24:3When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”
it leads to
- Exodus 24:7
Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 24:22
Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
- Exodus 24:7
Through
Exodus 24:7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 31:11–13
when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.
- Hebrews 9:18–23
That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.
- Exodus 24:3–4
When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”
- 1 Thessalonians 5:27
I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.
- Colossians 4:16
After this letter has been read among you, make sure that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.
- Deuteronomy 31:11–13
Through
Nehemiah 10:29hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 36:27
And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances.
- Ezekiel 36:27
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.