Exodus 19:3-4 And Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob… The Israelites had, on the one side, by the Egyptian servitude; on the other, by the Egyptian idolatry, with which they had contaminated themselves, swerved far from God, His purity and sanctity — in a word, from truth and genuine faith; now God, in graciously granting them His revelation and His pure doctrines, brings them again back to Himself; He intends to make them "a kingdom of priests and a holy nation." (M. M. Kalisch, Ph. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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; |
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