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Bishop's Bible

Exodus 19:14

And Moyses went downe from the mount vnto the people, and sanctified them, and they washed their clothes.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ablution;   Israel;   Purification;   Sanctification;   Sinai;   Trumpet;   Scofield Reference Index - Israel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ablution;   Cleanliness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Sanctification;  

Dictionaries:

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

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Moshe went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
King James Version
And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
Lexham English Bible
And Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and he consecrated the people, and they washed their clothes.
New Century Version
After Moses went down from the mountain to the people, he made them prepare themselves for service to God, and they washed their clothes.
New English Translation
Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.
Amplified Bible
So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified them [for God's sacred purpose], and they washed their clothes.
New American Standard Bible
So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people, and they washed their garments.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Moses went downe from ye mount vnto the people, and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and set the people apart as holy, and they washed their garments.
Contemporary English Version
After Moses went down the mountain, he gave orders for the people to wash their clothes and make themselves acceptable to worship God.
Complete Jewish Bible
(S: vi) Moshe went down from the mountain to the people and separated the people for God, and they washed their clothing.
Darby Translation
And Moses came down from the mountain to the people, and hallowed the people; and they washed their clothes.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Moses climbed down the mountain and went to the people. He got them ready for the special meeting and they washed their clothes.
English Standard Version
So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people; and they washed their garments.
George Lamsa Translation
And Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
Good News Translation
Then Moses came down the mountain and told the people to get ready for worship. So they washed their clothes,
Christian Standard Bible®
Then Moses came down from the mountain to the people and consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.
Literal Translation
And Moses went from the mountain to the people. And he sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Moses wente downe from the mount vnto the people, and sanctified them. And they waßshed their clothes.
American Standard Version
And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments.
Bible in Basic English
Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and made the people holy; and their clothing was washed.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments.
King James Version (1611)
And Moses went downe from the mount vnto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified them, and they washed their clothes.
English Revised Version
And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments.
Berean Standard Bible
When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Moises cam doun fro the hil to the puple, and halewide it; and whanne thei hadden waischun her clothis,
Young's Literal Translation
And Moses cometh down from the mount unto the people, and sanctifieth the people, and they wash their garments;
Update Bible Version
And Moses went down from the mount to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses went down from the mount to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
World English Bible
Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
New King James Version
So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.
New Living Translation
So Moses went down to the people. He consecrated them for worship, and they washed their clothes.
New Life Bible
So Moses went down from the mountain to the people. He set the people apart to be holy, and they washed their clothes.
New Revised Standard
So Moses went down from the mountain to the people. He consecrated the people, and they washed their clothes.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then Moses went down out of the mount, unto the people, - and hallowed the people, and they washed their clothes.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Moses came down from the mount to the people, and sanctified them. And when they had washed their garments,
Revised Standard Version
So Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and consecrated the people; and they washed their garments.
THE MESSAGE
Moses went down the mountain to the people and prepared them for the holy meeting. They gave their clothes a good scrubbing. Then he addressed the people: "Be ready in three days. Don't sleep with a woman."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people, and they washed their garments.

Contextual Overview

9 And the Lorde sayd vnto Moyses: lo, I come vnto thee in a thicke cloude, that the people may heare me talkyng with thee, and beleue thee for euer. Moyses shewed the wordes of the people vnto the Lorde. 10 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: Go vnto the people, and sanctifie the to day and to morowe, and let them washe theyr clothes. 11 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. 12 And thou shalt set boundes vnto the people rounde about, & say: take heede to your selues that ye go not vp into the mount, or touche the border of it: whosoeuer toucheth the mounte, shall surelye dye. 13 There shall not an hande touche it, els he shalbe stoned, or shot through: whether it be beast, or man, it shall not liue: when the trumpet bloweth long, then may they come vp into the mountayne. 14 And Moyses went downe from the mount vnto the people, and sanctified them, and they washed their clothes. 15 And he sayd vnto the people: be redy agaynst the thirde day, and come not at [your] wyues.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and sanctified: Exodus 19:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 35:2 - clean Exodus 19:22 - sanctify Leviticus 11:25 - and be unclean Leviticus 14:8 - wash his Leviticus 21:8 - sanctify 1 Samuel 16:5 - sanctify yourselves 1 Chronicles 15:12 - sanctify 2 Chronicles 5:11 - sanctified John 11:55 - to purify Acts 21:24 - and purify

Cross-References

Genesis 19:4
And before they went to rest, the men of the citie [euen] the men of Sodome compassed the house rounde about, both olde and young, all people fro [all] quarters.
Genesis 19:8
Behold, I haue two daughters whiche haue knowen no man, them wyll I bryng out nowe vnto you, and do with them as it [seemeth] good in your eyes: only vnto these men do nothyng, for therefore came they vnder the shadowe of my roofe.
Genesis 19:12
And the men sayde vnto Lot: Hast thou here any besides? sonne in lawe, and thy sonnes, and thy daughters, and whatsoeuer thou hast in the citie, bryng them out of this place:
Genesis 19:14
And Lot went out, and spake vnto his sonnes in lawe which maried his daughters, saying: Stande vp, get ye out of this place, for the Lorde wyll ouerthrowe this citie. But he seemed as though he had mocked, vnto his sonnes in lawe.
Genesis 19:17
And when he had brought them out, he sayde: Saue thy selfe, and loke not behynde thee, neither tary thou in all this playne [countrey] Saue thy selfe in the mountaine, lest thou perishe.
Genesis 19:22
Haste thee, and be saued there: for I can do nothyng tyl thou be come thyther, and therfore the name of the citie is Soar.
Genesis 19:28
And behelde, and lo the smoke of the countrey arose, as the smoke of a furnesse.
Genesis 19:30
And Lot departed out of Soar, and dwelled in the mountayne with his two daughters: for he feared to tary in Soar, but dwelled in a caue, he and his two daughters.
Exodus 9:21
But he that regarded not the worde of the Lord, left his seruauntes and his beastes in the fielde.
Exodus 12:31
And he called vnto Moyses and Aaro by nyght, saying: Ryse vp, and get you out from amongst my people, both you and also the chyldren of Israel: and go, and serue the Lorde as ye haue sayde.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Moses went down from the mount unto the people,.... The same day that he went up, the fourth day of the month:

and sanctified the people; instructed them and ordered them what they should do for their sanctification, in order to their hearing the law from the mouth of the Lord:

and they washed their clothes; as the Lord had directed Moses to enjoin them, and as he had commanded them, :-.


 
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