Exodus 19 · Verse 6

Exodus 19:6

And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Exodus 19:6, King James Version

Exodus 19:6 in other translations

BSBAnd unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”
WEBand you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”
ASVand ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
YLTand ye--ye are to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation: these are the words which thou dost speak unto the sons of Israel.'
DARBYand ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel.
BBEAnd you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.
WebsterAnd ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel.

What does Exodus 19:6 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 And a holy nation - They should be a nation, one people; firmly united among themselves, living under their own laws; and powerful, because united, and acting under the direction and blessing of God. They should be a holy nation, saved from their sins, righteous in their conduct, holy in their hearts; every external rite being not only a significant ceremony, but also a means of conveying light and life, grace and peace, to every person who conscientiously used it. Thus they should be both a kingdom, having God for their governor; and a nation, a multitude of peoples connected together; not a scattered, disordered, and disorganized people, but a royal nation, using their own rites, living under their own laws, subject in religious matters only to God, and in things civil, to every ordinance of man for God's sake. This was the spirit and design of this wonderful institution, which could not receive its perfection but under the Gospel, and has its full accomplishment in every member of the mystical body of Christ.

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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 19:6 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.

וְאַתֶּ֧םve.'a.Temand youH859
תִּהְיוּ\־tih.yu-you will beH1961
לִ֛יlifor <the> me
מַמְלֶ֥כֶתmam.Le.kheta kingdom ofH4467
כֹּהֲנִ֖יםko.ha.NimpriestsH3548
וְג֣וֹיve.Goyand a nationH1471
קָד֑וֹשׁka.Do.oshholyH6918
אֵ֚לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
הַדְּבָרִ֔יםha.de.va.Rim[are] the wordsH1697
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
תְּדַבֵּ֖רte.da.Beryou will speakH1696
אֶל\־'el-toH413
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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

Cross references for Exodus 19:6

  • Revelation 5:10

    And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

  • 1 Peter 2:9

    But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

  • 1 Peter 2:5

    Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

  • Deuteronomy 7:6

    For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

  • Revelation 1:6

    And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

  • Deuteronomy 28:9

    The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.

  • Isaiah 62:12

    And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

  • Deuteronomy 26:19

    And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.

  • Leviticus 19:2

    Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.

  • Leviticus 11:44-45

    For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:17

    If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

  • Romans 12:1

    I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a kingdom.
De 33:2-4; Isa 61:6; Ro 12:1; 1Pe 2:5,9; Re 1:6; 5:10; 20:6
and an.
Le 11:44,45; 19:2; 20:24,26; 21:7,8,23; De 7:6; 26:19; 28:9
Isa 62:12; 1Co 3:17; 1Th 5:27; 1Pe 1:15,16

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Context

  • Exodus 19:5

    Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

  • Exodus 19:6

    And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

  • Exodus 19:7

    And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him.

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Exodus 19:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y vosotros seréis mi reino de sacerdotes, y gente santa. Estas son las palabras que dirás á los hijos de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et vous me serez un royaume de sacrificateurs, et une nation sainte. Ce sont là les paroles que tu diras aux fils d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und ihr sollt mir ein Königreich von Priestern und eine heilige Nation sein. Das sind die Worte, die du zu den Kindern Israel reden sollst.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et vos eritis mihi in regnum sacerdotale, et gens sancta. Hæc sunt verba quæ loqueris ad filios Israël.