the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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THE MESSAGE
Exodus 19:5
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Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the eretz is mine;
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:
And now if you will carefully listen to my voice and keep my covenant, you will be a treasured possession for me out of all the peoples, for all the earth is mine,
So now if you obey me and keep my agreement, you will be my own possession, chosen from all nations. Even though the whole earth is mine,
And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,
'Now therefore, if you will in fact obey My voice and keep My covenant (agreement), then you shall be My own special possession and treasure from among all peoples [of the world], for all the earth is Mine;
'Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine;
Now therefore if ye wil heare my voyce in deede, and keepe my couenant, then ye shalbe my chiefe treasure aboue all people, though all the earth be mine.
So now then, if you will indeed listen to My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My treasured possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine;
Now if you will faithfully obey me, you will be my very own people. The whole world is mine,
Now if you will pay careful attention to what I say and keep my covenant, then you will be my own treasure from among all the peoples, for all the earth is mine;
And now, if ye will hearken to my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then shall ye be my own possession out of all the peoples—for all the earth is mine—
So now I tell you to obey my commands and keep my agreement. So if you do this, you will be my own special people. The whole world belongs to me, but I am choosing you to be my own special people.
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine;
Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then you shall be my beloved ones above all peoples, for all the earth is mine;
Now, if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own people. The whole earth is mine, but you will be my chosen people,
Now if you will carefully listen to me and keep my covenant, you will be my own possession out of all the peoples, although the whole earth is mine,
And now if listening you will listen to My voice, and will keep My covenant, you shall become a special treasure to Me above all the nations, for all the earth is Mine.
Yf ye wyll harken now vnto my voyce, and kepe my couenaunt, ye shalbe myne owne before all people: for the whole earth is myne:
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:
If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:
Nowe therefore yf ye wyll heare my voyce in deede, and kepe my couenaunt, ye shall be [as] a deare treasure vnto me aboue all nations: for al the earth is myne.
Now therefore, if ye will hearken unto My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then ye shall be Mine own treasure from among all peoples; for all the earth is Mine;
Now therfore if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keepe my couenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure vnto me aboue all people: for all the earth is mine.
And now if ye will indeed hear my voice, and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations; for the whole earth is mine.
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations-for the whole earth is Mine.
Therfor if ye schulen here my vois, and schulen kepe my couenaunt, ye schulen be to me in to a specialte of alle puplis; for al the lond is myn;
`And now, if ye really hearken to My voice, then ye have kept My covenant, and been to Me a peculiar treasure more than all the peoples, for all the earth [is] Mine;
Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure to me above all people: for all the earth [is] mine:
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.
Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me.
Now then, if you will obey My voice and keep My agreement, you will belong to Me from among all nations. For all the earth is Mine.
Now therefore, if you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples. Indeed, the whole earth is mine,
Now, therefore, if ye will, indeed hearken, to my voice, And keep my covenant, Then shall ye be mine as a treasure beyond all the peoples, For, mine, is all the earth;
If therefore you will hear my voice, and keep my covenant, you shall be my peculiar possession above all people: for all the earth is mine.
Now therefore, if you will obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my own possession among all peoples; for all the earth is mine,
'Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
if ye: Exodus 23:22, Exodus 24:7, Deuteronomy 11:27, Deuteronomy 28:1, Joshua 24:24, 1 Samuel 15:22, Isaiah 1:19, Jeremiah 7:23, Jeremiah 11:4-7, Hebrews 11:8
keep: Deuteronomy 5:2, Psalms 25:10, Psalms 103:17, Psalms 103:18, Isaiah 56:4, Jeremiah 31:31-33
a peculiar: Deuteronomy 4:20, Deuteronomy 7:6, Deuteronomy 14:2, Deuteronomy 14:21, Deuteronomy 26:18, Deuteronomy 32:8, Deuteronomy 32:9, 1 Kings 8:53, Psalms 135:4, Song of Solomon 8:12, Isaiah 41:8, Isaiah 43:1, Jeremiah 10:16, Malachi 3:17, Titus 2:14
all the earth: Exodus 9:29, Deuteronomy 10:14, Job 41:11, Psalms 24:1, Psalms 50:11, Daniel 4:34, Daniel 4:35, 1 Corinthians 10:26, 1 Corinthians 10:28
Reciprocal: Genesis 17:7 - and to Genesis 34:7 - wrought Exodus 4:22 - Israel Exodus 6:7 - will take Exodus 15:16 - which thou Exodus 19:22 - sanctify Exodus 22:31 - holy Exodus 28:2 - glory Exodus 33:16 - separated Exodus 34:9 - take us Leviticus 20:24 - which Leviticus 22:32 - hallow you Leviticus 26:12 - will be Leviticus 26:15 - break Leviticus 26:45 - for their Numbers 23:9 - dwell alone Deuteronomy 4:13 - And he Deuteronomy 28:9 - establish Deuteronomy 29:12 - thou shouldest Deuteronomy 33:3 - he loved Judges 20:7 - ye are all 1 Samuel 10:1 - his inheritance 1 Samuel 12:12 - when the Lord 1 Samuel 12:22 - it hath 2 Samuel 7:23 - went 2 Samuel 20:19 - the inheritance 2 Samuel 23:3 - God 1 Kings 3:8 - thy people 1 Kings 11:38 - if thou wilt 2 Kings 17:35 - With whom 1 Chronicles 16:13 - his chosen 1 Chronicles 17:22 - thy people 2 Chronicles 5:10 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 8:9 - But of the 2 Chronicles 13:10 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 20:7 - our God Psalms 33:12 - Blessed Psalms 50:7 - O my Psalms 50:12 - world Psalms 68:10 - Thy congregation Psalms 74:12 - God Psalms 114:2 - General Psalms 115:9 - Israel Psalms 148:14 - a people Isaiah 43:4 - precious Isaiah 45:4 - Jacob Isaiah 63:8 - Surely Jeremiah 2:3 - holiness Jeremiah 11:2 - General Jeremiah 13:11 - I caused Jeremiah 31:32 - Not Jeremiah 51:19 - the rod Ezekiel 20:12 - I am Ezekiel 23:4 - they were Hosea 2:1 - Ammi Amos 3:2 - only Amos 6:1 - named Zechariah 2:12 - inherit Malachi 2:11 - profaned Matthew 20:2 - he had Acts 27:23 - whose Hebrews 8:9 - to lead Hebrews 8:10 - they shall 1 Peter 2:9 - a royal
Cross-References
The sun was high in the sky when Lot arrived at Zoar.
Then God rained brimstone and fire down on Sodom and Gomorrah—a river of lava from God out of the sky!—and destroyed these cities and the entire plain and everyone who lived in the cities and everything that grew from the ground.
But Lot's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt.
Abraham got up early the next morning and went to the place he had so recently stood with God . He looked out over Sodom and Gomorrah, surveying the whole plain. All he could see was smoke belching from the Earth, like smoke from a furnace.
"Don't have sex with a man as one does with a woman. That is abhorrent.
"If a man has sex with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is abhorrent. They must be put to death; they are responsible for their own deaths.
They were relaxed and enjoying themselves when the men of the city, a gang of local hell-raisers all, surrounded the house and started pounding on the door. They yelled for the owner of the house, the old man, "Bring out the man who came to your house. We want to have sex with him."
"‘The sin of your sister Sodom was this: She lived with her daughters in the lap of luxury—proud, gluttonous, and lazy. They ignored the oppressed and the poor. They put on airs and lived obscene lives. And you know what happened: I did away with them.
"‘And Samaria. Samaria didn't sin half as much as you. You've committed far more obscenities than she ever did. Why, you make your two sisters look good in comparison with what you've done! Face it, your sisters look mighty good compared with you. Because you've outsinned them so completely, you've actually made them look righteous. Aren't you ashamed? But you're going to have to live with it. What a reputation to carry into history: outsinning your two sisters!
Don't you realize that this is not the way to live? Unjust people who don't care about God will not be joining in his kingdom. Those who use and abuse each other, use and abuse sex, use and abuse the earth and everything in it, don't qualify as citizens in God's kingdom. A number of you know from experience what I'm talking about, for not so long ago you were on that list. Since then, you've been cleaned up and given a fresh start by Jesus, our Master, our Messiah, and by our God present in us, the Spirit.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Now therefore,.... Since they had received such marks of his favour, and were laid under great obligations to him:
if ye will obey my voice indeed; truly, sincerely, and heartily; or "in hearkening hearken", or "in obeying obey" g; that is, closely and attentively hearken to what he should say to them, and thoroughly and constantly yield a cheerful obedience to his commands:
and keep my covenant; now about to be made with them, which would consist of promises of good things to be done to them on his part, and of duties to be performed by them on their part, and so would constitute a formal covenant by stipulation and restipulation:
then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people; be as highly valued by him, and as carefully preserved as the richest treasure among men; even as the treasure of princes, consisting of gold and silver, precious stones, pearls and jewels, and everything that is valuable; and of this he would give such proof and demonstration, as would make it appear that they were esteemed by him above all people upon the face of the earth; being chosen for his peculiar treasure, and redeemed out of the house of bondage and slavery to be his peculiar people, and distinguished from all others by particular favours and blessings:
for all the earth is mine; as it is, and the inhabitants of it, by creation, sustentation, preservation, and dominion, all being made, upheld, preserved, and governed by him; and therefore, as he had a right to all, could choose what part he pleased for his special use and service; or "though all the earth is mine" h, as Marinus in Aben Ezra, which yet the latter does not seem to approve of; and then the sense is, though the whole world was his, and all that is in it, yet such was his special affection, and peculiar regard to Israel, as to choose them, and esteem them as his portion and inheritance, his jewel, and peculiar treasure.
g שמוע תשמעו "obediendo obedieritis", Pagninus, Montanus; "audiendo audiveritis", Drusius; "auscultando auscultabitis", Piscator; so Ainsworth. h כי "tametsi", Vatablus; "quamvis", Piscator, Drusius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A peculiar treasure - A costly possession acquired with exertion, and carefully guarded. The special relation in which Israel stands, taken out of the pagan world and consecrated to God, as His slaves, subjects, and children, determines their privileges, and is the foundation of their duties. The same principle applies even in a stronger sense to the Church. See Acts 20:28; 1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Peter 2:9.
All the earth is mine - It was a point of great practical importance, to impress upon the Jews that their God was no mere national Deity. Compare Deuteronomy 10:14; Psalms 24:1.
