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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Exodus 19:14

And Moses went downe from the mount vnto the people, and sanctified the people; 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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Moyses went downe from the mount vnto the people, and sanctified them, and they washed their clothes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments.
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 Lord said vnto Moses, Loe, I come vnto thee in a thicke cloud, that the people may heare when I speake with thee, and beleeue thee for euer: And Moses told the wordes of the people vnto the Lord. 10 And the Lord saide vnto Moses, Goe vnto the people, and sanctifie them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes. 11 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. 12 And thou shalt set bounds vnto the people round about, saying, Take heed to your selues, that ye goe not vp into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoeuer toucheth the mount, shall be surely put to death. 13 There shall not a hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned or shot thorow, whether it be beast, or man, it shall not liue: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come vp to the mount. 14 And Moses went downe from the mount vnto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. 15 And hee said vnto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wiues.

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
But before they lay downe, the men of the citie, euen the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and yong, all the people from euery quarter.
Genesis 19:8
Behold now, I haue two daughters, which haue not knowen man; let mee, I pray you, bring them out vnto you, and doe ye to them, as is good in your eyes: onely vnto these men do nothing: for therefore came they vnder the shadow of my roofe.
Genesis 19:12
And the men said vnto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? sonne in law, and thy sonnes, and thy daughters, and whatsoeuer thou hast in the citie, bring them out of this place.
Genesis 19:14
And Lot went out, and spake vnto his sonnes in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get yee out of this place: for the LORD wil destroy this citie: but hee seemed as one that mocked, vnto his sonnes in law.
Genesis 19:17
And it came to passe, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life, looke not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plaine: escape to the mountaine, lest thou bee consumed.
Genesis 19:22
Haste thee, escape thither: for I cannot doe any thing till thou bee come thither: therefore the name of the citie was called Zoar.
Genesis 19:28
And he looked toward Sodome and Gomorrah, & toward all the land of the plaine, and beheld, and loe, the smoke of the countrey went vp as the smoke of a furnace.
Genesis 19:30
And Lot went vp out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountaine, and his two daughters with him: for hee feared to dwell in Zoar, and he dwelt in a caue, he and his two daughters.
Exodus 9:21
And he that regarded not the word of the Lord, left his seruants and his cattell in the field.
Exodus 12:31
And hee called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise vp, and get you forth from amongst my people, both you and the children of Israel: and goe, serue the Lord, as ye haue said.

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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