Exodus 20:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. ”

Exodus 20:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Deuteronomy 5:22-31 . Aaron Exodus 19:24 on this occasion accompanied Moses in drawing near to the thick darkness. Exodus 20:22 to Exodus 23:33 is a series of laws which we may ide...
Exodus 20:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:18-21 E. Alarm of the People. This resumes Exodus 19:17 or Exodus 19:19 ), and describes how the frightened people (read in Exodus 20:18 b and the people were afraid and trembled...
Exodus 20:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Speak thou , &c. From Deuteronomy 5:28 with Deuteronomy 18:7 we learn that on that very day God promised to send "Him that speaketh from heaven" ( Exodus 18:15-18 ).
Exodus 20:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 92 THE GIVING OF THE LAW Exodus 20:18-19 . And all the people saw the thunderings and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw i...
Exodus 20:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Exodus 20:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And they said unto Moses, &c.— They, that is, the heads of the tribes, the elders of the people. See ch. Exodus 19:7 and Deuteronomy 5:23 where this event is related more at large.
Exodus 20:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us ... but let not God speak with us. It...
Exodus 20:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Ten Commandments (vv. 1-21) Exodus 20-23, containing (1) the Decalogue (Gk. = 'Ten Words' or 'Commandments') and (2) a code of laws regulating the religious and social life of the people, and...
Exodus 20:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

AT THE PEOPLE’S REQUEST, MOSES BECOMES THEIR INTERMEDIARY. (18-21) The delivery of the Ten Commandments by a voice manifestly superhuman impressed the people with an awful fear. They felt the ne...
Exodus 20:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE LESSER LAW. Exodus 20:18 - Exodus 23:33 . With the close of the Decalogue and its universal obligations, we approach a brief code of laws, purely Hebrew, but of the deepest moral interest,...
Exodus 20:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the People Fear; Idols and Altars Exodus 20:18-26 When our Lord was on earth He was so attractive and winsome that the publicans and sinners drew near to hear Him, penitents wept at His feet, c...
Exodus 20:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the Ten Words of the moral Law. They are introduced by a proclamation of God concerning Himself: first as to His name, "I am Jehovah"; second, as to His relation to them, "thy God"; and,...
Exodus 20:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! pause over this verse, and consider your happy privilege in having Jesus to speak for you to God, and to you from God. 1 John 2:1-2 . The apostle observes upon this, Hebrews 12:19 .
Exodus 20:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they said unto Moses ,.... Who was now come down from the mountain, and to whom the heads of the tribes and elders of the people came from the camp, and out of their tents, by whom the people sa...
Exodus 20:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. Ver. 19. Speak thou with us. ] See here what a mercy it is to have the mind of God made...
Exodus 20:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They removed, and stood afar off Before God began to speak, they were thrusting forward to gaze , but now they were effectually cured of their presumption, and taught to keep their distance. Spea...
Exodus 20:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (vs.1-17) Before God gives the ten commandments, He makes is abundantly clear that Israel's obedience to law had nothing to do with God's previous grace toward them in delive...
Exodus 20:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Terror with Which the Law Was Given. B. C. 1491. 18 And all the people saw the thunder...
Exodus 20:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This they speak from a sense of their own guilt, and of the greatness and holiness of the Divine Majesty, to whom they durst not approach but by a mediator. See Deuteronomy 5:27 , Deuteronomy 18:1...
Exodus 20:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Aftermath ( Exodus 20:18-21 ). This passage immediately follows the glorious and awesome experience that has been theirs in the proclamation of Yahweh's covenant. The people are trembling in f...
Exodus 20:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 20:19 . We will hear.] Kalisch happily remarks that “in the word v‘nishma ‘AH, with the he paragogicum, lies the readiness and willingness: ‘we will eagerly and gladly...
Exodus 20:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 20:1 . God spake all these words. In compassion to man, and the increasing weakness of human traditions, it has pleased the infinitely wise and Holy One to renew the evidences of revelation...
Exodus 20:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

They removed, and stood afar off. Israel and Sinai I. That all men as sinners must be brought into conscious contact with moral law. The guarantees of this conscious contact are found-- 1. I...
Exodus 20:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION WITHDRAWAL OF THE PEOPLE , AND NEARER APPROACH OF MOSES TO GOD . The effect produced upon the people by the accumulated terrors of Sinai—"the thunderings and the...
Exodus 20:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Terror of the People
Exodus 20:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

speak thou Deuteronomy 18:16 Acts 7:38 let not Exodus 33:20 Genesis 32:30
Exodus 20:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Ten Commandments Exodus 20:1-20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As introductory to this study we wish to answer some statements relative to the Christian and the Law. 1. Saints are not under the Law...
Exodus 20:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Speak thou with us — Hereby they obliged themselves to acquiesce in the mediation of Moses, they themselves nominating him as a fit person to deal between them and God, and promising to hearken to...

Exodus 20:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 20:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 20:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Exodus 20:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 20:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 20:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 20:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 20:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 20:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 20:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 20:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 20:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 20:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 20:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 20:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 20:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 20:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 20:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 20:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 20:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 20:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 20:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 20:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 20:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Exodus 20:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes