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Exodus 19:11

And by the third day let them be ready: for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai, before the eyes of all the people.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel;   Sinai;   Worship;   Scofield Reference Index - Israel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Mountains;   Sinai;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Feast of Pentecost, the;   Law of Moses, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Exodus;   Sanctify;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Uncleanness;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Prophet, Prophetess, Prophecy;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Commandments, the Ten;   Festivals, Religious;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Horeb;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Exodus;   Mediator, Mediation;   Moses;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sina, Sinai ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Horeb;   Sinai;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Encampment at Sinai;   Events of the Encampment;   Proclamation of the Law;   Tabernacle, the;   Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   Law of Moses, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Pentecost;   Sinai, Mount;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and be ready against the third day; for on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai.
King James Version
And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
Lexham English Bible
and they must be prepared for the third day, because on the third day, Yahweh will go down on Mount Sinai before the eyes of all the people.
New Century Version
and be ready by the day after tomorrow. On that day I, the Lord , will come down on Mount Sinai, and all the people will see me.
New English Translation
and be ready for the third day, for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
Amplified Bible
and be ready by the third day, because on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai [in the cloud] in the sight of all the people.
New American Standard Bible
and have them ready for the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And let them be ready on the third day: for the thirde day the Lorde will come downe in the sight of all the people vpon mount Sinai:
Legacy Standard Bible
and let them be ready for the third day, for on the third day Yahweh will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
Contemporary English Version
and be ready by the day after tomorrow, when I will come down to Mount Sinai, where all of them can see me.
Complete Jewish Bible
and prepare for the third day. For on the third day, Adonai will come down on Mount Sinai before the eyes of all the people.
Darby Translation
and let them be ready for the third day; for on the third day Jehovah will come down before the eyes of all the people on mount Sinai.
Easy-to-Read Version
and be ready for me on the third day. On the third day, the Lord will come down to Mount Sinai. And all the people will see me.
English Standard Version
and be ready for the third day. For on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
George Lamsa Translation
And be ready by the third day; for on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
Good News Translation
and be ready the day after tomorrow. On that day I will come down on Mount Sinai, where all the people can see me.
Christian Standard Bible®
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.
Literal Translation
And be ready for the third day. For on the third day Jehovah will go down before the eyes of all the people on the mountain of Sinai.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and be ready agaynst the thirde daye: for vpon the thirde daye shall the LORDE come downe vpon mount Sinai before all the people.
American Standard Version
and be ready against the third day; for the third day Jehovah will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And be redy against the thirde day, for the thirde day the Lorde wyll come downe in the sight of all the people vppon mount Sinai.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and be ready against the third day; for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
King James Version (1611)
And be ready against the thirde day: for the third day the Lord will come downe in the sight of all the people, vpon mount Sinai.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And let them be ready against the third day, for on the third day the Lord will descend upon mount Sina before all the people.
English Revised Version
and be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and be thei redi in to the thridde dai; for in the thridde dai the Lord schal come doun bifore al the puple on the hil of Synai.
Young's Literal Translation
and have been prepared for the third day; for on the third day doth Jehovah come down before the eyes of all the people, on mount Sinai.
Update Bible Version
and be ready against the third day; for the third day Yahweh will come down in the sight of all the people on mount Sinai.
Webster's Bible Translation
And be ready against the third day: for on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
World English Bible
and be ready against the third day; for on the third day Yahweh will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai.
New King James Version
And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the LORD will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
New Living Translation
Be sure they are ready on the third day, for on that day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai as all the people watch.
New Life Bible
And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day people will see the Lord come down on Mount Sinai.
New Revised Standard
and prepare for the third day, because on the third day the Lord will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and shall be ready, by the third day, - for on the third day, will Yahweh come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And let them be ready against the third day; for on the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people, upon Mount Sinai.
Revised Standard Version
and be ready by the third day; for on the third day the LORD will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and let them be ready for the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

Contextual Overview

9 And the Lord said to Moses, See, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that what I say to you may come to the ears of the people and they may have belief in you for ever. And Moses gave the Lord word of what the people had said. 10 And the Lord said to Moses, Go to the people and make them holy today and tomorrow, and let their clothing be washed. 11 And by the third day let them be ready: for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai, before the eyes of all the people. 12 And let limits be marked out for the people round the mountain, and say to them, Take care not to go up the mountain or near the sides of it: whoever puts his foot on the mountain will certainly come to his death: 13 He is not to be touched by a hand, but is to be stoned or have an arrow put through him; man or beast, he is to be put to death: at the long sounding of a horn they may come up to the mountain. 14 Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and made the people holy; and their clothing was washed. 15 And he said to the people, Be ready by the third day: do not come near a woman.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Lord: Exodus 19:16, Exodus 19:18, Exodus 19:20, Exodus 3:8, Exodus 34:5, Numbers 11:17, Deuteronomy 33:2, Psalms 18:9, Psalms 144:5, Isaiah 64:1, Isaiah 64:2, Habakkuk 3:3-6, John 3:13, John 6:38

Reciprocal: Genesis 11:5 - General Genesis 22:4 - third Exodus 3:1 - the mountain Exodus 18:5 - General Exodus 19:15 - the third Exodus 24:16 - seventh day Leviticus 7:17 - on the third Leviticus 9:4 - to day Numbers 19:12 - third day Joshua 1:11 - three days Nehemiah 9:13 - camest

Cross-References

Genesis 19:28
And looking in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the lowland, he saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of an oven.
Genesis 19:29
So it came about that when God sent destruction on the towns of the lowland, he kept his word to Abraham, and sent Lot safely away when he put an end to the towns where he was living.
2 Kings 6:18
Now when the Aramaeans came down to Elisha, he made a prayer to the Lord saying, Lord, make this people blind. And he made them blind at Elisha's request.
Ecclesiastes 10:15
The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.
Isaiah 57:10
You were tired with your long journeys; but you did not say, There is no hope: you got new strength, and so you were not feeble.
Jeremiah 2:36
Why do you go about so much for the purpose of changing your way? you will be shamed on account of Egypt, as you were shamed on account of Assyria.
Acts 13:11
And now, see, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind and not able to see the sun for a time. And straight away a dark mist came down on him; and he went about looking for a guide.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And be ready against the third day,.... Not the third day of the month, but the third day from hence, this being the fourth, and the morrow the fifth, and the third day, the day following that, the sixth, on which day it is generally agreed by the Jews that the law was given,

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for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai; which must be understood, consistent with his omnipresence, and is only expressive of some visible display of his power, and of some sensible token of his presence to the people; he was now upon it in the pillar of cloud, but then he would appear in another manner, and descend in a thick cloud and fire, which all the people would see, though they could not see the similitude of anything in it.


 
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