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Book of Exodus, Chapter 19

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Chapter 19 of Exodus—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ In the third month after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt,1 on the same day, they came into the wilderness of Siʹnai.2
  2. And they proceeded to pull away from Rephʹi·dim3 and to come into the wilderness of Siʹnai and to encamp in the wilderness;4 and Israel went camping there in front of the mountain.5
  3. ¶ And Moses went up to the [true] God, and Jehovah began to call[a] to him out of the mountain,6 saying: “This is what you are to say to the house of Jacob and to tell the sons of Israel,
  4. ‘YOU yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians,7 that I might carry YOU on wings of eagles and bring YOU to myself.8
  5. And now if YOU will strictly obey[b]9 my voice and will indeed keep my covenant,10 then YOU will certainly become[c] my special property out of all [other] peoples,11 because the whole earth belongs to me.12
  6. And YOU yourselves will become to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’13 These are the words that you are to say to the sons of Israel.”
  7. ¶ So Moses came and called the older men14 of the people and set before them all these words that Jehovah had commanded him.15
  8. After that all the people answered unanimously and said: “All that Jehovah has spoken we are willing to do.”16 Immediately Moses took back the words of the people to Jehovah.17
  9. At this Jehovah said to Moses: “Look! I am coming to you in a dark cloud,18 in order that the people may hear when I speak with you,19 and that in you also they may put faith to time indefinite.”20 Then Moses reported the words of the people to Jehovah.
  10. ¶ And Jehovah went on to say to Moses: “Go to the people, and you must sanctify them today and tomorrow, and they must wash their mantles.21
  11. And they must prove ready for the third day, because on the third day Jehovah will come down before the eyes of all the people upon Mount Siʹnai.22
  12. And you must set bounds for the people round about, saying, ‘Guard yourselves against going up into the mountain, and do not touch the edge of it. Anybody touching the mountain will positively be put to death.23
  13. No hand is to touch him, because he will positively be stoned or will positively be shot through. Whether beast or man, he will not live.’24 At the blowing of the ram’s horn[d]25 they themselves may come up to the mountain.”
  14. ¶ Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and he set about sanctifying the people; and they engaged in washing their mantles.26
  15. Accordingly he said to the people: “Get ready27 during the three days. Do not YOU men come near a woman.”28
  16. ¶ And on the third day when it became morning it came about that thunders and lightnings began occurring,29 and a heavy cloud30 upon the mountain and a very loud sound of a horn,31 so that all the people who were in the camp began to tremble.32
  17. Moses now brought the people out of the camp to meet the [true] God, and they went taking their stand at the base of the mountain.33
  18. And Mount Siʹnai smoked all over,34 due to the fact that Jehovah came down upon it in fire;35 and its smoke kept ascending like the smoke of a kiln,36 and the whole mountain was trembling very much.37
  19. When the sound of the horn became continually louder and louder, Moses began to speak, and the [true] God began to answer him with a voice.38
  20. ¶ So Jehovah came down upon Mount Siʹnai to the top of the mountain. Then Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went on up.39
  21. Jehovah now said to Moses: “Go down, warn the people, that they do not try to break through to Jehovah to take a look and many of them have to fall.40
  22. And let the priests also who regularly come near to Jehovah sanctify themselves,41 that Jehovah may not break out upon them.”42
  23. At this Moses said to Jehovah: “The people are not able to come up to Mount Siʹnai, because you yourself already warned us, saying, ‘Set bounds for the mountain and make it sacred.’”[e]43
  24. However, Jehovah said to him: “Go, descend, and you must come up, you and Aaron with you; but let not the priests and the people break through to come up to Jehovah, that he may not break out upon them.”44
  25. Accordingly Moses descended to the people and told them.45

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Jehovah began to call”; the first occurrence of this expression in Exodus. Compare 3:4; 19:20.
  2. ^ Or, “listen to.”
  3. ^ Or, “then you must become.”
  4. ^ “The ram’s horn.” Heb., hai·yo·velʹ. See Le 25:10 ftn, “Jubilee.”
  5. ^ Or, “and sanctify it.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Es 8:9
  2. ^ Le 7:38
  3. ^ Ex 17:1
  4. ^ Nu 33:15
  5. ^ Ex 3:12
  6. ^ Ne 9:13; Ac 7:38
  7. ^ De 4:34
  8. ^ De 32:11; Is 63:9
  9. ^ Ps 119:4; Pr 19:16; 1Jo 5:3
  10. ^ 1Ki 8:21; Ps 25:10; Ga 4:24
  11. ^ 1Ki 8:53; Ps 135:4
  12. ^ De 10:14; 1Co 10:26
  13. ^ Le 11:44; De 7:6; Is 61:6; 1Pe 2:9; Re 5:10
  14. ^ Ex 3:16
  15. ^ Ex 24:3
  16. ^ Ex 24:7; De 26:17; Jos 24:24
  17. ^ Nu 12:8
  18. ^ De 4:11; 1Ki 8:12; Ps 97:2; Heb 12:18
  19. ^ De 4:12, 36; Ac 7:38
  20. ^ Lu 10:16
  21. ^ Nu 8:21
  22. ^ Ex 34:5; De 33:2; Ps 18:9
  23. ^ Le 10:2; 2Sa 6:7
  24. ^ Heb 12:20
  25. ^ Ex 20:18; Jos 6:4
  26. ^ Ex 19:10; Jos 7:13; 1Sa 16:5
  27. ^ Am 4:12
  28. ^ 1Sa 21:4; 1Co 7:5
  29. ^ Ps 77:18
  30. ^ De 4:11; 1Ki 8:12; Ps 97:2
  31. ^ Heb 12:19
  32. ^ Heb 12:21
  33. ^ De 4:10; 5:5
  34. ^ De 4:11; 5:22; Ps 68:8; 104:32
  35. ^ Ex 24:17; 2Ch 7:3
  36. ^ Ge 19:28; Ps 144:5
  37. ^ 1Ki 19:11; Ps 68:8
  38. ^ Ne 9:13; Ps 81:7
  39. ^ Ex 24:12
  40. ^ 1Sa 6:19
  41. ^ Ex 28:41
  42. ^ Le 10:2; 1Ch 13:10; Ac 5:5
  43. ^ Ex 19:12
  44. ^ Nu 16:35
  45. ^ Ac 20:27

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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