Éxodo 19:19

19 Y el sonido del shofar iba esforzándose en extremo: Moisés hablaba, y Dios le respondía en voz

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 Y Moisés sacó del campamento al pueblo a recibir a Dios; y se pusieron a lo bajo del monte

18 Y todo el monte de Sinaí humeaba, porque el SEÑOR había descendido sobre él en fuego; y el humo de él subía como el humo de un horno, y todo el monte se estremeció en gran manera

19 Y el sonido del shofar iba esforzándose en extremo: Moisés hablaba, y Dios le respondía en voz

20 Y descendió el SEÑOR sobre el monte de Sinaí, sobre la cumbre del monte; y llamó el SEÑOR a Moisés a la cumbre del monte, y Moisés subió

21 Y el SEÑOR dijo a Moisés: Desciende, requiere al pueblo que no traspasen el término para ver al SEÑOR, porque caerá multitud de ellos