Exodus 19 · Verse 14

Exodus 19:14

And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
Exodus 19:14, King James Version

Exodus 19:14 in other translations

BSBWhen Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.
WEBMoses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
ASVAnd Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments.
YLTAnd Moses cometh down from the mount unto the people, and sanctifieth the people, and they wash their garments;
DARBYAnd Moses came down from the mountain to the people, and hallowed the people; and they washed their clothes.
BBEThen Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and made the people holy; and their clothing was washed.
WebsterAnd Moses went down from the mount to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

What does Exodus 19:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 19:9-15

9-15. The Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come ... in a thick cloud, &c.--The deepest impressions are made on the mind through the medium of the senses; and so He who knew what was in man signalized His descent at the inauguration of the ancient church, by all the sensible tokens of august majesty that were fitted to produce the conviction that He is the great and terrible God. The whole multitude must have anticipated…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 19:9-15

The solemn manner in which the law was delivered, was to impress the people with a right sense of the Divine majesty. Also to convince them of their own guilt, and to show that they could not stand in judgment before God by their own obedience. In the law, the sinner discovers what he ought to be, what he is, and what he wants. There he learns the nature, necessity, and glory of redemption, and of being made holy…

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Exodus 19:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּ֧רֶדvai.Ye.redand he went downH3381
מֹשֶׁ֛הmo.ShehMosesH4872
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הָהָ֖רha.Harthe mountainH2022
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָעָ֑םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
וַיְקַדֵּשׁ֙vay.ka.Deshand he consecratedH6942
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָעָ֔םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
וַֽיְכַבְּס֖וּvay.kha.be.Suand they washedH3526
שִׂמְלֹתָֽם\׃sim.lo.Tamclothes theirH8071

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 19:14

  • Exodus 19:10

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,

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Context

  • Exodus 19:13

    There shall not an 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.

  • Exodus 19:14

    And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

  • Exodus 19:15

    And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.

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Exodus 19:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y descendió Moisés del monte al pueblo, y santificó al pueblo; y lavaron sus vestidos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Moïse descendit de la montagne vers le peuple, et sanctifia le peuple, et ils lavèrent leurs vêtements.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Mose stieg vom Berge zu dem Volke hinab; und er heiligte das Volk, und sie wuschen ihre Kleider.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Descenditque Moyses de monte ad populum, et sanctificavit eum. Cumque lavissent vestimenta sua,