the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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THE MESSAGE
Exodus 19:17
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Moshe led the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the lower part of the mountain.
And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
And Moses brought the people out from the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain.
Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their place at the foot of the mountain.
Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood and presented themselves at the foot of the mountain.
And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
Then Moses brought the people out of the tents to meete with God, and they stoode in the nether part of the mount.
And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
Moses led them out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
Moshe brought the people out of the camp to meet God; they stood near the base of the mountain.
And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
Then Moses led the people out of the camp to a place near the mountain to meet God.
Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain.
Then Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the base of the mountain.
Moses led them out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
And Moses caused the people to go up from the camp to meet God. And they took their stand at the lower part of the mountain.
And Moses brought the people out of the tentes to mete wt God, and they stode vnder the mount.
And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
And Moses made the people come out of their tents and take their places before God; and they came to the foot of the mountain,
And Moyses brought the people out of the tentes to meete with God, and thei stoode at the neather part of the hil.
And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
And Moses brought foorth the people out of the campe to meete with God, and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
And Moses led the people forth out of the camp to meet God, and they stood by under the camp.
And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
And whanne Moises hadde led hem out in to the comyng of God, fro the place of castels, thei stoden at the rootis of the hil.
And Moses bringeth out the people to meet God from the camp, and they station themselves at the lower part of the mount,
And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the lower part of the mountain.
And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
Moses led them out from the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
Then Moses brought the people from among the tents to meet God. They stood at the base of the mountain.
Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God. They took their stand at the foot of the mountain.
And Moses brought forth the people, to meet God out of the camp, - and they stationed themselves in the lower part of the mount,
And when Moses had brought them forth to meet God, from the place of the camp, they stood at the bottom of the mount.
Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God; and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain.
And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Deuteronomy 4:10, Deuteronomy 5:5
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:21 - the people Leviticus 9:5 - and all the congregation Deuteronomy 9:10 - all the words Deuteronomy 10:4 - in the day
Cross-References
Lot looked. He saw the whole plain of the Jordan spread out, well watered (this was before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah), like God 's garden, like Egypt, and stretching all the way to Zoar. Lot took the whole plain of the Jordan. Lot set out to the east. That's how they came to part company, uncle and nephew. Abram settled in Canaan; Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent near Sodom. The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God . After Lot separated from him, God said to Abram, "Open your eyes, look around. Look north, south, east, and west. Everything you see, the whole land spread out before you, I will give to you and your children forever. I'll make your descendants like dust—counting your descendants will be as impossible as counting the dust of the Earth. So—on your feet, get moving! Walk through the country, its length and breadth; I'm giving it all to you." Abram moved his tent. He went and settled by the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to God .
The men set out for Sodom, but Abraham stood in God 's path, blocking his way.
Lot went out and warned the fiancés of his daughters, "Evacuate this place; God is about to destroy this city!" But his daughters' would-be husbands treated it as a joke.
At break of day, the angels pushed Lot to get going, "Hurry. Get your wife and two daughters out of here before it's too late and you're caught in the punishment of the city."
Lot was dragging his feet. The men grabbed Lot's arm, and the arms of his wife and daughters— God was so merciful to them!—and dragged them to safety outside the city. When they had them outside, Lot was told, "Now run for your life! Don't look back! Don't stop anywhere on the plain—run for the hills or you'll be swept away."
But Lot protested, "No, masters, you can't mean it! I know that you've taken a liking to me and have done me an immense favor in saving my life, but I can't run for the mountains—who knows what terrible thing might happen to me in the mountains and leave me for dead. Look over there—that town is close enough to get to. It's a small town, hardly anything to it. Let me escape there and save my life—it's a mere wide place in the road."
But Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt.
One day the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is getting old and there's not a man left in the country by whom we can get pregnant. Let's get our father drunk with wine and lie with him. We'll get children through our father—it's our only chance to keep our family alive."
Saul sent men to David's house to stake it out and then, first thing in the morning, to kill him. But Michal, David's wife, told him what was going on. "Quickly now—make your escape tonight. If not, you'll be dead by morning!" She let him out of a window, and he made his escape. Then Michal took a dummy god and put it in the bed, placed a wig of goat's hair on its head, and threw a quilt over it. When Saul's men arrived to get David, she said, "He's sick in bed."
When Elijah saw how things were, he ran for dear life to Beersheba, far in the south of Judah. He left his young servant there and then went on into the desert another day's journey. He came to a lone broom bush and collapsed in its shade, wanting in the worst way to be done with it all—to just die: "Enough of this, God ! Take my life—I'm ready to join my ancestors in the grave!" Exhausted, he fell asleep under the lone broom bush. Suddenly an angel shook him awake and said, "Get up and eat!"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp,.... Which was before the mountain and near it, when the above tokens were given of the divine Presence on it; as they were thrown into a panic upon the sound of the trumpet, it was, perhaps, with some difficulty that they were brought out of the camp, or persuaded to quit it; and nothing short of the presence of Moses at the head of them, to go before them, and lead them to the foot of the mountain, could have prevailed upon them to have done it:
to meet with God; who came forth in such an awful and solemn manner, as their King and lawgiver, to deliver a body of laws to them, to be the rule of their future conduct:
and they stood at the nether part of the mount; at the bottom of it, where bounds were set, and a fence made, that they should proceed no further, and yet near enough to hear what God said to Moses and to them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Out of the camp - The encampment must have extended far and wide over the plain in front of the mountain. From one entrance of the plain to the other there is space for the whole host of the Israelites.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 19:17. And Moses brought forth the people - to meet with God — For though they might not touch the mount till they had permission, yet when the trumpet sounded long, it appears they might come up to the nether part of the mount, (see Exodus 19:13, and Deuteronomy 4:11); and when the trumpet had ceased to sound, they might then go up unto the mountain, as to any other place.
It was absolutely necessary that God should give the people at large some particular evidence of his being and power, that they might be saved from idolatry, to which they were most deplorably prone; and that they might the more readily credit Moses, who was to be the constant mediator between God and them. God, therefore, in his indescribable majesty, descended on the mount; and, by the thick dark cloud, the violent thunders, the vivid lightnings, the long and loud blasts of the trumpet, the smoke encompassing the whole mountain, and the excessive earthquake, proclaimed his power, his glory, and his holiness; so that the people, however unfaithful and disobedient afterwards, never once doubted the Divine interference, or suspected Moses of any cheat or imposture. Indeed, so absolute and unequivocal were the proofs of supernatural agency, that it was impossible these appearances could be attributed to any cause but the unlimited power of the author of Nature.
It is worthy of remark that the people were informed three days before, Exodus 19:9-11, that such an appearance was to take place; and this answered two excellent purposes:
1. They had time to sanctify and prepare themselves for this solemn transaction; and,
2. Those who might be skeptical had sufficient opportunity to make use of every precaution to prevent and detect an imposture; so this previous warning strongly serves the cause of Divine revelation.
Their being at first prohibited from touching the mount on the most awful penalties, and secondly, being permitted to see manifestations of the Divine majesty, and hear the words of God, subserved the same great purposes. Their being prohibited in the first instance would naturally whet their curiosity, make them cautious of being deceived, and ultimately impress them with a due sense of God's justice and their own sinfulness; and their being permitted afterwards to go up to the mount, must have deepened the conviction that all was fair and real, that there could be no imposture in the case, and that though the justice and purity of God forbade them to draw nigh for a time, yet his mercy, which had prescribed the means of purification, had permitted an access to his presence. The directions given from Exodus 19:10-15 inclusive show, not only the holiness of God, but the purity he requires in his worshippers.
Besides, the whole scope and design of the chapter prove that no soul can possibly approach this holy and terrible Being but through a mediator; and this is the use made of this whole transaction by the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews, Hebrews 12:18-24.
