Êxodo 19:10

10 E o SENHOR disse a Moisés: “Vá ao povo e consagre-o hoje e amanhã. Eles deverão lavar as suas vestes

Êxodo 19:10 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 19:10

And the Lord said unto Moses
On the fourth day, according to the Targum of Jonathan;

go unto the people;
go down from the mountain, from the top of it, where he now was, to the camp of Israel, which was pitched before it:

and sanctify them today and tomorrow;
the fourth and fifth days of the month; that is, he was, to instruct them how they were to sanctify themselves in an external way, by washing themselves, as after mentioned, their bodies and clothes, and by abstaining from all sensual pleasures, lawful or unlawful:

and let them wash their clothes;
which the Jews understood not of their garments, but of their bodies also; teaching them by these outward things the necessity of internal purity and holiness, to appear before God: these outward rites were in use before the law of Moses, as appears from ( Genesis 35:2 ) and the Heathens themselves have similar notions of the cleanness of bodies and garments, as well as the purity of mind, being acceptable to their deities ^F14.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 "Casta placent superis, pura cum veste venito". Tibullus.

Êxodo 19:10 In-Context

8 O povo todo respondeu unânime: “Faremos tudo o que o SENHOR ordenou”. E Moisés levou ao SENHOR a resposta do povo.

9 Disse o SENHOR a Moisés: “Virei numa densa nuvem, a fim de que o povo, ouvindo-me falar com você, passe a confiar sempre em você”. Então Moisés relatou ao SENHOR o que o povo lhe dissera.

10 E o SENHOR disse a Moisés: “Vá ao povo e consagre-o hoje e amanhã. Eles deverão lavar as suas vestes

11 e estar prontos no terceiro dia, porque nesse dia o SENHOR descerá sobre o monte Sinai, à vista de todo o povo.

12 Estabeleça limites em torno do monte e diga ao povo: Tenham o cuidado de não subir ao monte e de não tocar na sua base. Quem tocar no monte certamente será morto;