Exodus 19:25

25 Moses then went down to the people and told them what the Lord had said.

Exodus 19:25 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 19:25

So Moses went down to the people
As the Lord commanded him:

and spake unto them:
charging them to keep their distance, and not presume to pass the line he had drawn, or the foss or fence he had made: in the Jerusalem Targum it is added,

``come and receive the ten words;''

the decalogue or ten commands; and the Targum of Jonathan,

``come and receive the law with the ten words;''

the ten commandments of the law, which are delivered in the following chapter.

Exodus 19:25 In-Context

23 Moses said to the Lord, "The people cannot come up, because you commanded us to consider the mountain sacred and to mark a boundary around it."

24 The Lord replied, "Go down and bring Aaron back with you. But the priests and the people must not cross the boundary to come up to me, or I will punish them."

25 Moses then went down to the people and told them what the Lord had said.