Exodus 19:8

Everyone answered, “We promise to do everything the Lord says.” Then Moses took the people's answer back to the Lord.

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In The King James Version

And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.

In Context

7So Moses went back down and summoned the elders of the people, and presented to them everything the Lord had ordered him to say.

9The Lord told Moses, “Look! I'm going to come to you in a thick cloud so the people will hear me speaking with you and as a result they will always trust you.” Then Moses reported to the Lord what the people had said.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:19“You speak to us, and we'll listen,” they said to Moses. “But don't let God speak to us, or we'll die.”

Exodus 24:7Then he picked up the Book of the Agreement and read it to the people. They replied, “We will do everything the Lord says. We will obey.”

Deuteronomy 26:17Today you have publicly declared that the Lord is your God and that you will follow his ways, keep rules and commandments and regulations, and obey what he says.

Joshua 24:24The people said to Joshua, “We will worship the Lord our God and we will obey him.”

Matthew Henry on Exodus 19:2-9

The Covenant of Sinai. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. 2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount. 3 And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; 4 Ye have seen… Read the whole commentary →

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