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Webster's Bible Translation

Exodus 19:14

And Moses went down from the mount to 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.
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.
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, Lo, I come to thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people to the LORD. 10 And the LORD said to Moses, Go to the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 11 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. 12 And thou shalt set bounds to the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, [that ye] go [not] up upon the mount, or touch the border of it: whoever 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 through: whether [it be] beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. 14 And Moses went down from the mount to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. 15 And he said to the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at [your] wives.

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 down, the men of the city, [even] the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
Genesis 19:8
Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out to you, and do ye to them as [is] good in your eyes: only to these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
Genesis 19:12
And the men said to Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatever thou hast in the city, bring [them] out of this place:
Genesis 19:14
And Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Arise, depart from this place; for the LORD will destroy this city: but he seemed to his sons-in-law as one that mocked.
Genesis 19:17
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life: look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain: escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Genesis 19:22
Haste thee, escape thither: for I cannot do any thing till thou hast come thither: therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Genesis 19:28
And he looked towards Sodom and Gomorrah, and towards all the land of the plain, and beheld, and lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Genesis 19:30
And Lot went up from Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he, and his two daughters.
Exodus 9:21
And he that regarded not the word of the LORD, left his servants and his cattle in the field.
Exodus 12:31
And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Arise, [and] depart from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel: and go, serve the LORD, as ye have 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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