Exodus 19:10

Easy-to-Read Version

And the Lord said to Moses, "Today and tomorrow you must prepare the people for a special meeting. They must wash their clothes

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD said to Moshe, "Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,

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

Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes,

New Century Version
The Lord said to Moses, "Go to the people and have them spend today and tomorrow preparing themselves. They must wash their clothes

New English Translation
The Lord said to Moses, "Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and make them wash their clothes

Amplified Bible
The LORD also said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow [that is, prepare them for My sacred purpose], and have them wash their clothes

New American Standard Bible
The LORD also said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and have them wash their garments;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Moreouer, the Lord sayd vnto Moses, Goe to the people, and sanctifie them to day and to morow, and let them wash their clothes.

Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh also said to Moses, "Go to the people and set them apart as holy today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments;

Contemporary English Version
Once more the Lord spoke to Moses: Go back and tell the people that today and tomorrow they must get themselves ready to meet me. They must wash their clothes

Complete Jewish Bible
so Adonai said to Moshe, "Go to the people; today and tomorrow separate them for me by having them wash their clothing;

Darby Translation
And Jehovah said to Moses, Go to the people, and hallow them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their clothes;

English Standard Version
the Lord said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments

George Lamsa Translation
And the LORD said to Moses, Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes,

Good News Translation
and the Lord said to him, "Go to the people and tell them to spend today and tomorrow purifying themselves for worship. They must wash their clothes

Christian Standard Bible®
and the Lord told Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes

Literal Translation
And Jehovah said to Moses, Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow. And let them wash their clothes.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Go vnto the people, and sanctifie the to daye and tomorow, yt they maye wash their clothes,

American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their garments,

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses, Go to the people and make them holy today and tomorrow, and let their clothing be washed.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: Go vnto the people, and sanctifie the to day and to morowe, and let them washe theyr clothes.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their garments,

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord saide vnto Moses, Goe vnto the people, and sanctifie them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and solemnly charge the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their garments.

English Revised Version
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
which seide to Moises, Go thou to the puple, and make hem holi to dai and to morewe, and waische thei her clothis,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go unto the people; and thou hast sanctified them to-day and to-morrow, and they have washed their garments,

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh said to Moses, Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said to Moses, Go to the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their clothes,

World English Bible
Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,

New King James Version
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes.

New Living Translation
Then the Lord told Moses, "Go down and prepare the people for my arrival. Consecrate them today and tomorrow, and have them wash their clothing.

New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses, "Go to the people. Today and tomorrow set them apart to be holy. Have them wash their clothes.

New Revised Standard
the Lord said to Moses: "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their clothes

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh said unto Moses - Go unto the people, and thou shalt hallow them to-day, and to-morrow, - and they shall wash their clothes;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to him: Go to the people, and sanctify them to day, and to morrow, and let them wash their garments.

Revised Standard Version
And the LORD said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,

THE MESSAGE
God said to Moses, "Go to the people. For the next two days get these people ready to meet the Holy God . Have them scrub their clothes so that on the third day they'll be fully prepared, because on the third day God will come down on Mount Sinai and make his presence known to all the people. Post boundaries for the people all around, telling them, ‘Warning! Don't climb the mountain. Don't even touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain dies—a certain death. And no one is to touch that person, he's to be stoned. That's right—stoned. Or shot with arrows, shot to death. Animal or man, whichever—put to death.' "A long blast from the horn will signal that it's safe to climb the mountain."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The LORD also said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments;

Contextual Overview

⁹ Then the Lord said to Moses, "I will come to you in the thick cloud. I will speak to you. All the people will hear me talking to you. I will do this so that they will always believe what you tell them." Then Moses told God everything the people had said. ¹⁰ And the Lord said to Moses, "Today and tomorrow you must prepare the people for a special meeting. They must wash their clothes ¹¹ and be ready for me on the third day. On the third day, the Lord will come down to Mount Sinai. And all the people will see me. ¹²But you must tell the people to stay away from the mountain. Make a line and don't let them cross it. Any person or animal that touches the mountain must be killed with stones or shot with arrows. But don't let anyone touch them. The people must wait until the trumpet blows. Only then can they go up the mountain." ¹⁴ So Moses climbed down the mountain and went to the people. He got them ready for the special meeting and they washed their clothes. ¹⁵ Then Moses said to the people, "Be ready for the meeting with God in three days. Until that time do not have sexual relations."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sanctify: Exodus 19:15, Leviticus 11:44, Leviticus 11:45, Joshua 3:5, Joshua 7:13, 1 Samuel 16:5, 2 Chronicles 29:5, 2 Chronicles 29:34, 2 Chronicles 30:17-19, Job 1:5, 1 Corinthians 6:11

wash: Exodus 19:14, Genesis 35:2, Leviticus 11:25, Leviticus 15:5, Numbers 8:7, Numbers 8:21, Numbers 31:24, Zechariah 3:3, Zechariah 3:4, Hebrews 10:22, Revelation 7:14

Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:8 - wash his Leviticus 21:8 - sanctify Numbers 11:18 - Sanctify Numbers 31:20 - raiment 2 Chronicles 5:11 - sanctified 2 Chronicles 30:15 - and sanctified 2 Chronicles 35:6 - sanctify Nehemiah 12:30 - themselves Psalms 76:8 - didst Joel 2:16 - sanctify John 11:55 - to purify Acts 21:24 - and purify

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said unto Moses,.... On the fourth day, according to the Targum of Jonathan;

go unto the people; go down from the mountain, from the top of it, where he now was, to the camp of Israel, which was pitched before it:

and sanctify them today and tomorrow; the fourth and fifth days of the month; that is, he was, to instruct them how they were to sanctify themselves in an external way, by washing themselves, as after mentioned, their bodies and clothes, and by abstaining from all sensual pleasures, lawful or unlawful:

and let them wash their clothes; which the Jews understood not of their garments, but of their bodies also; teaching them by these outward things the necessity of internal purity and holiness, to appear before God: these outward rites were in use before the law of Moses, as appears from Genesis 35:2 and the Heathens themselves have similar notions of the cleanness of bodies and garments, as well as the purity of mind, being acceptable to their deities n.

n "Casta placent superis, pura cum veste venito". Tibullus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Sanctify them - The injunction involves bodily purification and undoubtedly also spiritual preparation. Compare Hebrews 10:22. The washing of the clothes was an outward symbol well understood in all nations.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 19:10. Sanctify them — See the meaning of this term, Exodus 13:2.

Let them wash their clothes — And consequently bathe their bodies; for, according to the testimony of the Jews, these always went together.

It was necessary that, as they were about to appear in the presence of God, every thing should be clean and pure about them; that they might be admonished by this of the necessity of inward purity, of which the outward washing was the emblem.

From these institutions the heathens appear to have borrowed their precepts relative to washings and purifications previously to their offering sacrifice to their gods, examples of which abound in the Greek and Latin writers. They washed their hands and clothes, and bathed their bodies in pure water, before they performed any act of religious worship; and in a variety of cases, abstinence from all matrimonial connections was positively required, before a person was permitted to perform any religious rite, or assist at the performance.