Exodus 19:11
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New International Version
and be ready by the third day, because on that day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.


English Standard Version
and be ready for the third day. For on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.


New American Standard Bible
and let them be ready for the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.


King James Bible
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.


Holman Christian Standard Bible
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.


International Standard Version
and be ready for the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.


American Standard Version
and be ready against the third day; for the third day Jehovah will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.


Douay-Rheims Bible
And let them be ready against the third day: for on the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.


Darby Bible Translation
and let them be ready for the third day; for on the third day Jehovah will come down before the eyes of all the people on mount Sinai.


Young's Literal Translation
and have been prepared for the third day; for on the third day doth Jehovah come down before the eyes of all the people, on mount Sinai.


Commentaries
19:9-15 The solemn manner in which the law was delivered, was to impress the people with a right sense of the Divine majesty. Also to convince them of their own guilt, and to show that they could not stand in judgment before God by their own obedience. In the law, the sinner discovers what he ought to be, what he is, and what he wants. There he learns the nature, necessity, and glory of redemption, and of being made holy. Having been taught to flee to Christ, and to love him, the law is the rule of his obedience and faith.

9-15. The Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come … in a thick cloud, &c.—The deepest impressions are made on the mind through the medium of the senses; and so He who knew what was in man signalized His descent at the inauguration of the ancient church, by all the sensible tokens of august majesty that were fitted to produce the conviction that He is the great and terrible God. The whole multitude must have anticipated the event with feelings of intense solemnity and awe. The extraordinary preparations enjoined, the ablutions and rigid abstinence they were required to observe, the barriers erected all round the base of the mount, and the stern penalties annexed to the breach of any of the conditions, all tended to create an earnest and solemn expectation which increased as the appointed day drew near.
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