and Moses went up to God. יהוה called to him from the mountain, saying, “Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob and declare to the children of Israel:
Now then, if you will obey Me faithfully and keep My covenant, you shall be My treasured possession among all the peoples. Indeed, all the earth is Mine,
And יהוה said to Moses, “I will come to you in a thick cloud, in order that the people may hear when I speak with you and so trust you ever after.” Then Moses reported the people’s words to יהוה,
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויאמר
257
יהוה
26
אלמשה
376
הנה
60
אנכי
81
בא
3
אליך
61
בעב
74
הענן
175
בעבור
280
ישמע
420
העם
115
בדברי
218
עמך
130
וגםבך
71
יאמינו
117
לעולם
176
ויגד
23
משה
345
אתדברי
617
העם
115
אליהוה
57
Exodus 19:10
Gematria: 2924
ויאמריהוהאלמשהלךאלהעםוקדשתםהיוםומחרוכבסושמלתם
and יהוה said to Moses, “Go to the people and warn them to stay pure pure Cf. v. 15. today and tomorrow. Let them wash their clothes.
You shall set bounds for the people round about, saying, ‘Beware of going up the mountain or touching the border of it. Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death
without being touched—by being either stoned or shot; beast or person, a trespasser shall not live.’ When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast, sounds a long blast Meaning of Heb. uncertain. they may go up on the mountain.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
לאתגע
504
בו
8
יד
14
כיסקול
226
יסקל
200
אוירה
222
יירה
225
אםבהמה
93
אםאיש
352
לא
31
יחיה
33
במשך
362
היבל
47
המה
50
יעלו
116
בהר
207
Exodus 19:14
Gematria: 2861
וירדמשהמןההראלהעםויקדשאתהעםויכבסושמלתם
Moses came down from the mountain to the people and warned the people to stay pure, and they washed their clothes.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וירד
220
משה
345
מןההר
300
אלהעם
146
ויקדש
420
אתהעם
516
ויכבסו
104
שמלתם
810
Exodus 19:15
Gematria: 2831
ויאמראלהעםהיונכניםלשלשתימיםאלתגשואלאשה
And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day: [the men among] [the men among] See the Dictionary under “you.” you should not go near a woman.”
On the third day, as morning dawned, there was thunder, and lightning, and a dense cloud upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the horn; and all the people who were in the camp trembled.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויהי
31
ביום
58
השלישי
655
בהית
417
הבקר
307
ויהי
31
קלת
530
וברקים
358
וענן
176
כבד
26
עלההר
310
וקל
136
שפר
580
חזק
115
מאד
45
ויחרד
228
כלהעם
165
אשר
501
במחנה
105
Exodus 19:17
Gematria: 3948
ויוצאמשהאתהעםלקראתהאלהיםמןהמחנהויתיצבובתחתיתההר
Moses led the people out of the camp toward God, and they took their places at the foot of the mountain.
Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke, for יהוה had come down upon it in fire; the smoke rose like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain the whole mountain Some Hebrew manuscripts and the Greek read “all the people”; cf. v. 16. trembled violently.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והר
211
סיני
130
עשן
420
כלו
56
מפני
180
אשר
501
ירד
214
עליו
116
יהוה
26
באש
303
ויעל
116
עשנו
426
כעשן
440
הכבשן
377
ויחרד
228
כלההר
260
מאד
45
Exodus 19:19
Gematria: 1961
ויהיקולהשפרהולךוחזקמאדמשהידברוהאלהיםיעננובקול
The blare of the horn grew louder and louder. As Moses spoke, God answered him in thunder.
So יהוה said to him, “Go down, and come back together with Aaron; but let not the priests or the people break through to come up to יהוה, lest [God] break out against them.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויאמר
257
אליו
47
יהוה
26
לךרד
254
ועלית
516
אתה
406
ואהרן
262
עמך
130
והכהנים
136
והעם
121
אליהרסו
312
לעלת
530
אליהוה
57
פןיפרץבם
552
Exodus 19:25
Gematria: 1104
וירדמשהאלהעםויאמראלהםס
And Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.