Exodus 19:11

and be ready on the third day because that is when the Lord will descend upon Mount Sinai in the full view of everyone.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10The Lord told Moses, “Go back down and prepare them spiritually today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes

12Set up a boundary for the people all around and warn them, ‘Watch out! Don't try to go up the mountain—don't even touch it! For anyone who touches the mountain will most certainly be killed. Don't touch any person or any animal that has touched the mountain.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:8That's why I have come down to rescue them from Egyptian oppression and to take them up from that country to a productive, wide-open land—a land flowing with milk and honey—where currently the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites are living.

Exodus 19:18Smoke poured out over the whole of Mount Sinai because the Lord's presence had come down like fire. The smoke rose up like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain shook furiously.

Exodus 24:16The Lord's glory came down on Mount Sinai, covering it for six days. On the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from inside the cloud.

Exodus 34:5The Lord descended in a cloud, stood there with him, and called out the name “Yahweh.”

Deuteronomy 4:10That day when you stood in the presence of the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord told me, “Have the people come to me and to hear what I have to say, so they may learn to have respect for me throughout their lives here on earth, and so they may teach this to their children.”

Psalms 18:9He parted the heavens and came down, with dark clouds beneath his feet.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 19:10-16

The Approach of God Announced. ( b. c. 1491.) 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord . 10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 11 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. 12 And thou… Read the whole commentary →

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