Exodus 19 · Verse 3

Exodus 19:3

And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
Exodus 19:3, King James Version

Exodus 19:3 in other translations

BSBThen Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:
WEBMoses went up to God, and the LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, “This is what you shall tell the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:
ASVAnd Moses went up unto God, and Jehovah called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:
YLTAnd Moses hath gone up unto God, and Jehovah calleth unto him out of the mount, saying, ‘Thus dost thou say to the house of Jacob, and declare to the sons of Israel,
DARBYAnd Moses went up to God, and Jehovah called to him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:
BBEAnd Moses went up to God, and the voice of the Lord came to him from the mountain, saying, Say to the family of Jacob, and give word to the children of Israel:
WebsterAnd Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;

What does Exodus 19:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 19:3-6
3-6. Moses went up unto God--the Shekinah--within the cloud (Ex 33:20; Joh 1:18). Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, &c.--The object for which Moses went up was to receive and convey to the people the message contained in these verses, and the purport of which was a general announcement of the terms on which God was to take the Israelites into a close and peculiar relation to Himself. In thus negotiating between God and His people, the highest post of duty which any mortal man was ever called to occupy, Moses was still but a servant. The only Mediator is Jesus Christ [1Ti 2:5; He 12:24].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Moses went up unto God - It is likely that the cloud which had conducted the Israelitish camp had now removed to the top of Sinai; and as this was the symbol of the Divine presence, Moses went up to the place, there to meet the Lord. The Lord called unto him - This, according to St. Stephen, was the Angel of the Lord, Act 7:38. And from several scriptures we have seen that the Lord Jesus was the person intended; see Clarke's note on Gen 16:7; see Clarke's note on Gen 18:13; see Clarke's note on Exo 3:2.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 19:1-8

Moses was called up the mountain, and was employed as the messenger of this covenant. The Maker and first Mover of the covenant, is God himself. This blessed charter was granted out of God's own free grace. The covenant here mentioned was the national covenant, by which the Israelites were a people under the government of Jehovah. It was a type of the new covenant made with true believers in Christ Jesus; but, like…

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Exodus 19:3 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.

וּמֹשֶׁ֥הu.mo.Shehand MosesH4872
עָלָ֖ה'a.Lahhe went upH5927
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
וַיִּקְרָ֨אvai.yik.Ra'and he calledH7121
אֵלָ֤יו'e.Lavto himH413
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
מִן\־min-fromH4480
הָהָ֣רha.Harthe mountainH2022
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
כֹּ֤הkohthusH3541
תֹאמַר֙to.Maryou will sayH559
לְבֵ֣יתle.Veitto [the] house ofH1004
יַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
וְתַגֵּ֖ידve.ta.Geidso you may tellH5046
לִבְנֵ֥יliv.Neito [the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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

Cross references for Exodus 19:3

  • Exodus 3:4

    And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

  • Deuteronomy 5:5-31

    (I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying, I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. Thou shalt have none other gods before me. Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: …

  • Acts 7:38

    This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

  • Exodus 24:15-18

    And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

  • Exodus 20:21

    And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

  • Exodus 34:2

    And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
went up.
20:21; 24:15-18; 34:2; De 5:5-31; Ac 7:38
called.
3:4

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Context

  • Exodus 19:2

    For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.

  • Exodus 19:3

    And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;

  • Exodus 19:4

    Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.

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Exodus 19:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Moisés subió á Dios; y Jehová lo llamó desde el monte, diciendo: Así dirás á la casa de Jacob, y denunciarás á los hijos de Israel:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Moïse monta vers Dieu; et l’ Éternel l’appela de la montagne, disant: Tu diras ainsi à la maison de Jacob, et tu l’annonceras aux fils d’Israël:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Mose stieg hinauf zu Gott; und Jehova rief ihm vom Berge zu und sprach: So sollst du zum Hause Jakob sprechen und den Kindern Israel kundtun:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Moyses autem ascendit ad Deum: vocavitque eum Dominus de monte, et ait: Hæc dices domui Jacob, et annuntiabis filiis Israël: