Exodus 19:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: ”

• Exodus 19:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  A peculiar treasure - A costly possession acquired with exertion, and carefully guarded. The special relation in which Israel stands, taken out of the pagan world and consecrated to God, as His s...

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• Exodus 19:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Exodus 19. Awful Revelation of God in Fire and Cloud. Exodus 19:1-2 a P, Exodus 19:2 b - Exodus 19:3 a E, Exodus 19:3 b - Exodus 19:6 Rd, Exodus 19:7-11 a E, Exodus 19:11 b - Exodus...

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• Exodus 19:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  peculiar treasure . a treasure acquired for. possession. Compare 1 Chronicles 29:3 . Ecc 2:8. 1 Peter 2:9 . Hebrew. segullah. First occurance. Eight times: Exodus 19:5 , and Deuteronomy 7:6 ;...

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• Exodus 19:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  5. Now, therefore. God declares that He will ever be the same, and will constantly persevere (209) (in blessing them), provided the Israelites do not degenerate, but remain devoted to their...

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• Exodus 19:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 91 MOSES’ MESSAGE TO THE ISRAELITES Exodus 19:3-6 . And Moses went up unto God: and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shall thou say to the house of Jacob, an...

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• Exodus 19:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

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• Exodus 19:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ye shall be a peculiar treasure— The word סגלה segulah, signifies a peculium; an appropriated treasure, or peculiar propriety: GOD, to whom belong all the people upon earth, being determined to...

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• Exodus 19:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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; Moses went up unto God - the...

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• Exodus 19:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Preparation for the Giving of the Law 1. The same day] the 15th day of the month: cp. Exodus 12:18 ; Exodus 12:29 ; Exodus 16:1 . Marching slowly, with long halts at the various stations on the...

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• Exodus 19:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  A peculiar treasure. — The Hebrew sĕgullah is from a root, found in Chaldee, signifying “to earn,” or “acquire,” and means primarily some valuable possession, which the owner has got by his own e...

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• Exodus 19:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Moses Receives Jehovah's Words in the Mount Exodus 19:1-15 The plain beneath Sinai, where Israel encamped, has been identified, and the reader should study the books of travelers which afford a...

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• Exodus 19:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Here we begin the third great movement in the Book of Exodus. We have seen the people in bondage and have observed them being delivered from that bondage and guided by Jehovah. However, they were sti...

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• Exodus 19:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Deuteronomy 32:9 . See under the gospel state more of the same precious tokens. 1 Peter 2:9 ; Revelation 1:6 .

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• Exodus 19:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  GOD’S PECULIAR TREASURE ‘Ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto Me.’ Exodus 19:5 Israel was called to infinite privilege. She was called to be:— I. God’s choice possession. —‘Ye shall be a...

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• Exodus 19:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Now therefore ,.... Since they had received such marks of his favour, and were laid under great obligations to him: if ye will obey my voice indeed ; truly, sincerely, and heartily; or "in hearken...

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• Exodus 19:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth [is] mine: Ver. 5. If ye will obey my voice...

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• Exodus 19:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then ye shall be a peculiar treasure to me He doth not instance in any one particular favour, but expresseth it in that which was inclusive of all happiness, that he would be to them a God in co...

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• Exodus 19:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  A CONDITIONAL PROMISE (vs.1-6) Chapter 19 begins the second great division of the book of Exodus. God's deliverance of Israel from Egypt has been fully accomplished though they are still in the w...

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• Exodus 19:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Covenant of Sinai. B. C. 1491.       1 In the third month, when the children of Israel wer...

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• Exodus 19:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  If ye will obey my voice indeed; Heb. obeying ye will obey ; i.e. if ye will obey me sincerely, diligently, and constantly. A peculiar treasure, highly prized and loved, and carefully kept by me...

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• Exodus 19:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Yahweh Declares His People To Be A Holy People And His Treasured Possession, A Kingdom of Priests ( Exodus 19:3-9 ). This may be analysed as follows: a Moses goes up to God and Yahweh calls to h...

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• Exodus 19:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 19:1 . The Wilderness of Sinai.]—Sinai is the “proper name of the granite mountain in the Arabian Veninsula, rendered famous by the Mosaic legislation. It consists of thre...

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• Exodus 19:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

  if ye will obey (Cf) ( 1 Peter 2:9 ); ( Revelation 1:6 ); ( Revelation 5:10 ). What, under law, was condition, is under grace, freely given to every believer. The "if" of ( Exodus 19:5 ) is th...

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• Exodus 19:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Exodus 19:1 . The third month. On the fourteenth day at night the paschal lamb was slain. The two months contain sixty days, and on the fourth day of the third month the law was given, or the sixt...

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• Exodus 19:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

  A peculiar treasure unto Me. God’s people His treasure 1. A treasure is something searched for. The Holy Spirit is ever diligently seeking after Christians. 2. A treasure when found is caref...

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• Exodus 19:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE FIRST COVENANT BETWEEN GOD AND ISRAEL . AS Moses, having reached the foot of Sinai, was proceeding to ascend the mountain, where he looked to have special revelatio...

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• Exodus 19:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Arrival at Sinai and the First Message

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• Exodus 19:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  if ye Exodus 23:22 Exodus 24:7 Deuteronomy 11:27 Deuteronomy 28:1 Joshua 24:24 1 Samuel 15:22 Isaiah 1:19 Jeremiah 7:23 Jeremiah 11:4-7 Hebrews 11:8 keep Deuteronomy 5:2 Psalms...

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• Exodus 19:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Visions of God Exodus 19:1-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Going forth out of Egypt. Our study for today opens with the words: "In the third month, when the Children of Israel were gone forth out of...

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• Exodus 19:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Then ye shall be a peculiar treasure to me — He doth not instance in any one particular favour, but expresseth it in that which was inclusive of all happiness, that he would be to them a God in cov...

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