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Exodus 13:19

in Exodus 13

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

KJV

And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

This verse in Exodus 13

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The remains of the other patriarchs (not noticed from their obscurity) were also carried out of Egypt (Ac 7:15, 16); and there would be no difficulty as to the means of conveyance--a few camels bearing these precious relics would give a true picture of Oriental customs, such as is still to be seen in the immense pilgrimages to Mecca.

This site's exposition

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him

Genesis 50:25 recorded the oath, and Genesis 50:26 left Joseph in a coffin in Egypt, the sentence that ends Genesis. Four hundred years later the oath is kept in this verse, and Joshua 24:32 buries the bones at Shechem.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The Sanctification of the Firstborn. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

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And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him,.... And his remains might well be called bones, since at such a distance from his death the flesh must be gone, and nothing but bones left; of the place where Joseph's coffin was laid; see Gill on Gen 50:26. The Jews pretend, that Moses was informed where Joseph was buried by Sarah, the daughter of Asher, who they say was living at this time (q); and many other fables they relate concerning the manner of finding him, which are not worthy of any notice.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

They might think, "Joseph's bones must rest at last, and then we shall." Moses is said to take these bones with him. Moses was now a very great man; so had Joseph been in his day, yet he was now but a box full of dry bones; this was all that remained of him in this world, which might serve for a monitor to Moses to remember his mortality.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Moses took the bones of Joseph - See Clarke’s note on Gen 50:25. It is supposed that the Israelites carried with them the bones or remains of all the twelve sons of Jacob, each tribe taking care of the bones of its own patriarch, while Moses took care of the bones of Joseph.

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיִּקַּ֥חand he took

    vaiyikachH3947 →966 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֛הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • עַצְמ֥וֹת[the] bones of

    atzmotH6106 →126 times

  • יוֹסֵ֖ףJoseph

    yosefH3130 →213 times

  • עִמּ֑וֹwith him

    imoH5973 →1050 times

  • כִּי֩for

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • הַשְׁבֵּ֨עַcertainly <to make swear>

    hashbea'H7650 →186 times

  • הִשְׁבִּ֜יעַhe had made swear

    hishbia'H7650 →186 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בְּנֵ֤י[the] people of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • פָּקֹ֨דcertainly <to visit>

    pakodH6485 →303 times

  • יִפְקֹ֤דhe will visit

    yifkodH6485 →303 times

  • אֱלֹהִים֙God

    ʾelohimH430 →2601 times

  • אֶתְכֶ֔ם<obj.> you

    ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times

  • וְהַעֲלִיתֶ֧םand you will take up

    vehaalitemH5927 →890 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • עַצְמֹתַ֛יbones my

    ʾatzmotaiH6106 →126 times

  • מִזֶּ֖הfrom here

    mizehH2088 →1180 times

  • אִתְּכֶֽם׃with you

    ʾitekhemH854 →929 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Acts 7:16

    Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 24:32

      And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father,…

    • Genesis 23:16

      Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.

  • Through

    Genesis 48:21

    Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 46:4

      I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you back. And Joseph’s own hands will close your eyes.”

    • Genesis 50:24

      Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac,…

  • Through

    Joshua 24:32

    And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father,…

    it leads to

    • Genesis 50:25

      And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

    • Genesis 33:19

      And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

  • Through

    Luke 7:16

    A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”

    it leads to

    • Matthew 9:8

      When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

    • Luke 7:39

      When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she…

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.