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Exodus 19:7 So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.
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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/exodus/19.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter"> (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/exodus/19.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all the words the LORD had commanded him to speak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/19.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So Moses returned from the mountain and called together the elders of the people and told them everything the LORD had commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So Moses came and called the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before them all these words which the LORD commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Moses came and called the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the LORD had commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So Moses came and called the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the LORD had commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So Moses came and called the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the LORD had commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Moses came and called the elders of the people and set before them all these words which Yahweh had commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So Moses called for the elders of the people, and told them all these words which the LORD commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After Moses came back, he summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After Moses came back, he summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Jehovah commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />After Moses went back, he reported to the leaders what the LORD had said, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the LORD commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So Moses went down and called for the leaders of the people. He repeated to them all the words that the LORD had commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So Moses went down and called the leaders of the people together and told them everything that the LORD had commanded him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When Moses came, he summoned the elders of the people and told them everything that the LORD had commanded him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So Moses came and summoned the elders of Israel. He set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which God commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Yahweh commanded him. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Moses comes, and calls for [the] elderly of the people, and sets before them all these words which YHWH has commanded him;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Moses cometh, and calleth for the elders of the people, and setteth before them all these words which Jehovah hath commanded him;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Moses will go and will call to the old men of the people, and he will set before them all these words that Jehovah commanded him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Moses came, and calling together the elders of the people, he declared all the words which the Lord had commanded. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Moses went, and calling together those greater by birth among the people, he set forth all the words which the Lord had commanded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So Moses went and summoned the elders of the people. When he set before them all that the LORD had ordered him to tell them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So Moses came, summoned the elders of the people, and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and said in their presence all these words which the LORD commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Moshe came and he called the Elders of the people and told all these statements before them that LORD JEHOVAH had commanded him.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the LORD commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Moses came and called the elders of the people, and he set before them all these words, which God appointed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/19-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=4757" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/19.htm">Israel at Mount Sinai</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.” <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">So Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">went back</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: way·yiq·rā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">and summoned</a> <a href="/hebrew/2205.htm" title="2205: lə·ziq·nê (Prep-l:: Adj-mpc) -- Old. From zaqen; old.">the elders</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">of the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: way·yā·śem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">and set</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê·hem (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: hā·’êl·leh (Art:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">these</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: had·də·ḇā·rîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">words</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: ṣiw·wā·hū (V-Piel-Perf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">had commanded him.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-27.htm">Deuteronomy 5:27</a></span><br />Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-10.htm">Deuteronomy 4:10</a></span><br />The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-5.htm">Deuteronomy 5:5</a></span><br />At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-16.htm">Deuteronomy 18:16</a></span><br />This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-18.htm">Hebrews 12:18-19</a></span><br />For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm; / to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-10.htm">Deuteronomy 9:10</a></span><br />Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by the finger of God with the exact words that the LORD spoke to you out of the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-9.htm">Deuteronomy 31:9-13</a></span><br />So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel. / Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of remission of debt, during the Feast of Tabernacles, / when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-38.htm">Acts 7:38</a></span><br />He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/24-3.htm">Exodus 24:3</a></span><br />When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/24-7.htm">Exodus 24:7</a></span><br />Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-31.htm">Exodus 34:31-32</a></span><br />But Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them. / And after this all the Israelites came near, and Moses commanded them to do everything that the LORD had told him on Mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/8-1.htm">Nehemiah 8:1-3</a></span><br />At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel. / On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand. / So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/8-8.htm">Nehemiah 8:8</a></span><br />So they read from the Book of the Law of God, explaining it and giving insight, so that the people could understand what was being read.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-13.htm">Nehemiah 9:13-14</a></span><br />You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments. / You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-7.htm">Psalm 103:7</a></span><br />He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.</p><p class="hdg">the elders</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/3-16.htm">Exodus 3:16</a></b></br> Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and <i>seen</i> that which is done to you in Egypt:</p><p class="hdg">and laid</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/4-29.htm">Exodus 4:29,30</a></b></br> And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/15-1.htm">1 Corinthians 15:1</a></b></br> Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/18-25.htm">Chiefs</a> <a href="/exodus/18-23.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/exodus/18-12.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/exodus/10-10.htm">Faces</a> <a href="/exodus/16-34.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/exodus/19-3.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/18-16.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/exodus/19-6.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">Summoned</a> <a href="/exodus/19-6.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/24-1.htm">Chiefs</a> <a href="/exodus/23-15.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/exodus/24-1.htm">Elders</a> <a href="/exodus/20-20.htm">Faces</a> <a href="/exodus/21-13.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/exodus/19-8.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/19-21.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/exodus/19-9.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-1.htm">Summoned</a> <a href="/exodus/19-8.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 19</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/19-1.htm">The people arrive at Sinai</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/19-3.htm">God's message by Moses unto the people out of the mount</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/19-8.htm">The people are prepared against the third day, for the giving of the law</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/19-12.htm">The mountain must not be touched</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">The fearful presence of God upon the mount</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/19.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/19.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>So Moses went back</b><br>Moses had ascended Mount Sinai to receive instructions from God. His return signifies obedience and the role of a mediator between God and the Israelites. This reflects the pattern of Moses as a prophet who communicates God's will to the people, a role that foreshadows Christ as the ultimate mediator (<a href="/1_timothy/2-5.htm">1 Timothy 2:5</a>).<p><b>and summoned the elders of the people</b><br>The elders were leaders and representatives of the tribes of Israel. Their involvement highlights the importance of leadership and governance in the community. This structure is seen throughout the Old Testament and is mirrored in the New Testament church with elders and overseers (<a href="/acts/14-23.htm">Acts 14:23</a>, <a href="/1_timothy/3.htm">1 Timothy 3:1-7</a>).<p><b>and set before them all these words</b><br>Moses faithfully relays God's message, emphasizing the importance of accurate transmission of divine revelation. This act underscores the responsibility of leaders to convey God's truth without alteration, a principle echoed in the New Testament (<a href="/2_timothy/2-2.htm">2 Timothy 2:2</a>).<p><b>that the LORD had commanded him</b><br>The authority of the message comes from the LORD, indicating divine origin and the necessity of obedience. This phrase underscores the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where God commands and the people are expected to follow. It also points to the prophetic tradition where God's commands are delivered through chosen messengers (<a href="/deuteronomy/18-18.htm">Deuteronomy 18:18-19</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, Moses acts as the mediator between God and the Israelites. He is tasked with conveying God's commandments to the people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/elders_of_the_people.htm">Elders of the People</a></b><br>These are the leaders or representatives of the Israelite community. Moses communicates God's words to them, signifying their role in guiding and instructing the people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant-keeping God who has delivered Israel from Egypt and is now establishing His covenant with them at Mount Sinai.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The location where God reveals His commandments to Moses. It is a significant place of divine encounter and covenant-making.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who are being prepared to enter into a covenant relationship with Him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_mediators.htm">The Role of Mediators</a></b><br>Moses serves as a mediator between God and the people, prefiguring Christ as the ultimate mediator of the new covenant. This highlights the importance of intercession and leadership in spiritual communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>The elders' role in receiving and communicating God's commandments underscores the necessity of obedience to God's word. Believers are called to listen and respond to God's instructions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_leadership.htm">Community Leadership</a></b><br>The involvement of the elders signifies the importance of godly leadership in guiding and instructing the community. Leaders are responsible for faithfully conveying God's truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a></b><br>This passage is a reminder of the covenant relationship between God and His people. Believers are called to live in faithfulness to God's covenant, reflecting His holiness and love.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_divine_encounter.htm">Preparation for Divine Encounter</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites prepared to meet God at Sinai, believers are encouraged to prepare their hearts for encounters with God through prayer, worship, and obedience.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 19</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_elder_care.htm">What guidance does the Bible offer on elder care?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_exodus_32_align_with_aaron's_role.htm">How does the portrayal of Aaron's role in Exodus 32 align with other biblical depictions of him, and does it reveal inconsistencies across different texts?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_archaeological_proof_of_exodus_24.htm">Why does there appear to be no archaeological evidence confirming this covenant ceremony (Exodus 24)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_deut_5_2-3_with_ancestors.htm">Deuteronomy 5:2-3 says the covenant was made with the present generation, yet other passages imply it was made with their ancestors; how do we reconcile this?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">Moses . . . Called for the elders-</span>The "elders" formed the usual channel of communication between Moses and the people, reporting his words to them, and theirs to him. (See <a href="/exodus/4-21.htm" title="And the LORD said to Moses, When you go to return into Egypt, see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in your hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.">Exodus 4:21</a>; <a href="/exodus/12-21.htm" title="Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.">Exodus 12:21</a>; <a href="/context/exodus/17-5.htm" title="And the LORD said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take with you of the elders of Israel; and your rod, with which you smote the river, take in your hand, and go.">Exodus 17:5-6</a>; <a href="/exodus/18-2.htm" title="Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,">Exodus 18:2</a>; <a href="/exodus/24-14.htm" title="And he said to the elders, Tarry you here for us, until we come again to you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come to them.">Exodus 24:14</a>, &c.) On their position and authority, see Note on <a href="/exodus/3-16.htm" title="Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:">Exodus 3:16</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - And Moses came. Moses descended from the point of the mountain which he had reached, and summoned a meeting of the elders of the people. When they were come together, he reported to them totidem verbis the message which he had received from God. He is said to have laid the words "before <span class="accented">their</span> <span class="accented">faces"</span> - a Hebraism, meaning simply "before them." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/19-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So Moses</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">went back</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּבֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḇō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and summoned</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּקְרָ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiq·rā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the elders</span><br /><span class="heb">לְזִקְנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ziq·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2205.htm">Strong's 2205: </a> </span><span class="str2">Old</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the people</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and set</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֣שֶׂם</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·śem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before</span><br /><span class="heb">לִפְנֵיהֶ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(lip̄·nê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֵ֔לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">words</span><br /><span class="heb">הַדְּבָרִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(had·də·ḇā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had commanded him.</span><br /><span class="heb">צִוָּ֖הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(ṣiw·wā·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/19-7.htm">Exodus 19:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/19-7.htm">Exodus 19:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/19-7.htm">Exodus 19:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/19-7.htm">Exodus 19:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/19-7.htm">Exodus 19:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/19-7.htm">Exodus 19:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/19-7.htm">Exodus 19:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/19-7.htm">Exodus 19:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/19-7.htm">Exodus 19:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/19-7.htm">Exodus 19:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/19-7.htm">OT Law: Exodus 19:7 Moses came and called for the elders (Exo. 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