Exodus 20:22 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 20:22

Then the LORD said to Moses, “This is what you are to tell the Israelites: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

KJV

And the Lord said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I have talked with you from heaven - Though God manifested himself by the fire, the lightning, the earthquake, the thick darkness, etc., yet the ten words, or commandments were probably uttered from the higher regions of the air, which would be an additional proof to the people that there was no imposture in this case; for though strange appearances and voices might be counterfeited on earth, as was often, no doubt, done by the magicians of Egypt; yet it would be utterly impossible to represent a voice, in a long continued series of instruction, as proceeding from heaven itself, or the higher regions of the atmosphere.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Moses being gone into the thick darkness where God was, God there spoke in his hearing only, all that follows from hence to the end of chap. 23, which is mostly an exposition of the ten commandments; and he was to transmit it to the people. The laws in these verses relate to God's worship.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
מֹשֶׁ֔ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
כֹּ֥ה	koh	thus	H3541 →
תֹאמַ֖ר	to.Mar	you will say	H559 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אַתֶּ֣ם	'a.Tem	you	H859 →
רְאִיתֶ֔ם	re.'i.Tem	you have seen	H7200 →
כִּ֚י	ki	that	H3588 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם	ha.sha.Ma.yim	the heavens	H8064 →
דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי	di.Bar.ti	I have spoken	H1696 →
עִמָּכֶֽם׃	'i.ma.Khem	with you	H5973 →

The walk

The walk8

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
Nehemiah 9:13
You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
leads to
- Psalms 119:160
  The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
- Exodus 20:1
  And God spoke all these words:
- Exodus 19:11
  and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
- Psalms 119:127–128
  Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
- Psalms 19:7–11
  The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
Through
Deuteronomy 4:36
He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.
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…
- Exodus 19:19
  And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.
- Nehemiah 9:13
  You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.