Éxodo 19:19

19 y el sonido de la trompeta era cada vez más fuerte. Entonces habló Moisés, y Dios le respondió en el trueno.^[a]

Éxodo 19:19 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 19:19

And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long
Not in one continued tone, as before, ( Exodus 19:13 ) , where a different word is used, and when it decreased, and was about to cease, which was to summon the people to attend; but now they were come to the foot of the mount, and this sounding was a preparation to the giving of the law unto them, and was not one continued even tone: but waxed louder and louder; or, "going, and exceeding strong"; or, "strengthening itself exceedingly" ^F24; it went on to an high pitch, until it was exceeding vehement and strong, and so sonorous as scarce to be bore:

Moses spake;
what he said is not here recorded; it is highly probable, as has been observed by some, that he uttered those words related of him in ( Hebrews 12:21 ) "I exceedingly fear and quake": such an impression did this loud and strong voice of the trumpet make upon him:

and God answered him by a voice;
a still and gentle one, in order to encourage and comfort him; and so the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it,

``with a pleasant and audible voice, and with delightful words.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (dam qzxw Klwh) (probainousai iscuroterai sfodra) , Sept. "iens et fortificans se valde", Montanus; "roborans se", Vatablus; "quum pergeret et invalesceret valde", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Éxodo 19:19 In-Context

17 Entonces Moisés sacó del campamento al pueblo para que fuera a su encuentro con Dios, y ellos se detuvieron al pie del monte Sinaí.

18 El monte estaba cubierto de humo, porque el SEÑOR había descendido sobre él en medio de fuego. Era tanto el humo que salía del monte, que parecía un horno; todo el monte se sacudía violentamente,

19 y el sonido de la trompeta era cada vez más fuerte. Entonces habló Moisés, y Dios le respondió en el trueno.

20 El SEÑOR descendió a la cumbre del monte Sinaí, y desde allí llamó a Moisés para que subiera. Cuando Moisés llegó a la cumbre,

21 el SEÑOR le dijo:—Baja y advierte al pueblo que no intenten ir más allá del cerco para verme, no sea que muchos de ellos pierdan la vida.

Footnotes

• [a]. "en el trueno" . Lit. "con su voz" .