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New Century Version

Exodus 19:14

After Moses went down from the mountain to the people, he made them prepare themselves for service to God, 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 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.
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 Lord said to Moses, "I will come to you in a thick cloud and speak to you. The people will hear me speaking with you and will always trust you." Then Moses told the Lord what the people had said. 10 The Lord said to Moses, "Go to the people and have them spend today and tomorrow preparing themselves. They must wash their clothes 11 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. 12 But you must set a limit around the mountain that the people are not to cross. Tell them not to go up on the mountain and not to touch the foot of it. Anyone who touches the mountain must be put to death 13 with stones or shot with arrows. No one is allowed to touch him. Whether it is a person or an animal, he will not live. But the trumpet will make a long blast, and only then may the people go up on the mountain." 14 After Moses went down from the mountain to the people, he made them prepare themselves for service to God, and they washed their clothes. 15 Then Moses said to the people, "Be ready in three days. Do not have sexual relations during this time."

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
Before bedtime, men both young and old and from every part of Sodom surrounded Lot's house.
Genesis 19:8
Look! I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. I will give them to you, and you may do anything you want with them. But please don't do anything to these men. They have come to my house, and I must protect them."
Genesis 19:12
The two men said to Lot, "Do you have any other relatives in this city? Do you have any sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or any other relatives? If you do, tell them to leave now,
Genesis 19:14
So Lot went out and said to his future sons-in-law who were pledged to marry his daughters, "Hurry and leave this city! The Lord is about to destroy it!" But they thought Lot was joking.
Genesis 19:17
After they brought them out of the city, one of the men said, "Run for your lives! Don't look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Run to the mountains, or you will be destroyed."
Genesis 19:22
But run there fast, because I cannot destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town." (That town is named Zoar, because it is little.)
Genesis 19:28
He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the Jordan Valley and saw smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.
Genesis 19:30
Lot was afraid to continue living in Zoar, so he and his two daughters went to live in the mountains in a cave.
Exodus 9:21
But others ignored the Lord 's message and left their slaves and animals in the fields.
Exodus 12:31
During the night the king called for Moses and Aaron and said, "Get up and leave my people. You and your people may do as you have asked; go and worship the Lord .

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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