Exodus 19:17 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 19:17

Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

KJV

And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Out of the camp - The encampment must have extended far and wide over the plain in front of the mountain. From one entrance of the plain to the other there is space for the whole host of the Israelites.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיּוֹצֵ֨א	vai.yo.Tze'	and he led out	H3318 →
מֹשֶׁ֧ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הָעָ֛ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
לִקְרַ֥את	lik.Rat	to meet	H7122 →
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֖ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה	ha.ma.cha.Neh	the camp	H4264 →
וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֖וּ	vai.yit.ya.tze.Vu	and they stood	H3320 →
בְּתַחְתִּ֥ית	be.tach.Tit	at [the] lower part of	H8482 →
הָהָֽר׃	ha.Har	the mountain	H2022 →

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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
Deuteronomy 5:5
At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain.…
leads to
- Exodus 19:16
  On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Galatians 3:19
  Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
- Exodus 20:18–21
  When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.
- Hebrews 12:18–24
  For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
Through
Deuteronomy 4:10
The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all…
leads to
- Exodus 19:9
  The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in…
- Hebrews 12:18–19
  For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
- Deuteronomy 17:19
  It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all…
- Exodus 20:18
  When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.

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