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Israel at Mount Sinai

Exodus 19:11

In 11 translations

BSB
and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
KJV
And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
WEB
and be ready for the third day; for on the third day Yahweh will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai.
ASV
and be ready against the third day; for the third day Jehovah will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
LSV
and have been prepared for the third day; for on the third day YHWH comes down on Mount Sinai before the eyes of all the people.
YLT
and have been prepared for the third day; for on the third day doth Jehovah come down before the eyes of all the people, on mount Sinai.
DBY
and let them be ready for the third day; for on the third day Jehovah will come down before the eyes of all the people on mount Sinai.
DRC
And let them 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.
GNV
And let them be ready on the third day: for the thirde day the Lord will come downe in the sight of all the people vpon mount Sinai:
JPS
and be ready against the third day; for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
LXXE
And let them be ready against the third day, for on the third day the Lord will descend upon mount Sina before all the people.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהָי֥וּ נְכֹנִ֖ים לַיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑י כִּ֣י ׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗י יֵרֵ֧ד יְהוָ֛ה לְעֵינֵ֥י כָל־הָעָ֖ם עַל־הַ֥ר סִינָֽי׃
LXX-Br
καὶ ἔστωσαν ἕτοιμοι εἰς τὴν ἡμέραν τὴν τρίτην· τῇ γὰρ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ καταβήσεται Κύριος ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρος τὸ Σινὰ, ἐναντίον παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ.

Who and where

👤 God📍 Mount Sinai◆ Ten Commandments Given

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Part of

  • Sinai and the Ten Commandments After leaving Egypt, Israel camps at Sinai, where God gives commandments amid thunder, smoke and a trembling mountain. Beginning with his re…

Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 19:16On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
  • Exodus 34:5And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
  • Deuteronomy 33:2He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
  • John 3:13No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
  • Isaiah 64:1–2If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence, as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations…
  • Exodus 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites,…
  • Habakkuk 3:3–6God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth. His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.…
  • Psalms 144:5Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
  • John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
  • Psalms 18:9He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
  • Exodus 19:18Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
  • Numbers 11:17And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by…
  • Exodus 19:20The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,

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