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Exodus 19:10

Moses
Purity

8 And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.

9 The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in you.” And Moses relayed to the LORD what the people had said.

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

11 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.

12 And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

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BSB
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes
KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
WEB
The LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,
ASV
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their garments,
DARBY
And Jehovah said to Moses, Go to the people, and hallow them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their clothes;
BLB
And YHWH said to Moses, “Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and they shall wash their clothes,
ÅB
Og Herren sa til Moses: Gå til folket og la dem hellige seg idag og imorgen og vaske sine klær,
OTB
Herren sa til Moses: “Gå til folket og hellige dem i dag og i morgen. La dem vaske sine klær
B1930
Og Herren sa til Moses: Gå til folket og la dem hellige sig idag og imorgen og tvette sine klær,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hebrews 10:22

    let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

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  • Leviticus 11:44–45

    For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.

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  • Genesis 35:2

    So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.

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  • Leviticus 11:25

    and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.

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  • Numbers 8:21

    The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.

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  • Leviticus 15:5

    Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

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  • 1 Corinthians 6:11

    And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

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  • Zechariah 3:3–4

    Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel.

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