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Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Exodus 19:6

a kingdom: Deuteronomy 33:2-Numbers :, Isaiah 61:6, Romans 12:1, 1 Peter 2:5, 1 Peter 2:9, Revelation 1:6, Revelation 5:10, Revelation 20:6 and an: Leviticus 11:44, Leviticus 11:45, Leviticus 19:2, Leviticus 20:24, Leviticus 20:26, Leviticus 21:7, Leviticus 21:8, Leviticus 21:23, Deuteronomy 7:6, Deuteronomy 26:19, Deuteronomy 28:9, Isaiah 62:12, 1 Corinthians 3:17, 1 Thessalonians 5:27, 1 Peter 1:15, 1 Peter 1:16 Reciprocal: Genesis 17:7 - and to Genesis 34:7 - wrought Exodus 4:22 - Israel... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Exodus 19:5

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:Then ye shall be a peculiar treasure to me — He doth not instance in any one particular favour, but expresseth it in that which was inclusive of all happiness, that he would be to them a God in covenant, and they should be to him a people. Nay you shall be a peculiar treasure: not that God was enriched by them, as a man is by his... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Exodus 19:6

And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.A kingdom of priests, a holy nation - All the Israelites, if compared with other people, were priests unto God, so near were they to him, so much employed in his immediate service, and such intimate communion they had with him. The tendency of the laws given them was to distinguish them from others, and engage them for God as a holy nation. Thus all believers... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 19:3-15

PREPARATIONS FOR THE SINAITIC THEOPHANY, Exodus 19:3-15. Before the divine glory is revealed upon the mount, the people must be admonished and purified. To effect this Moses first goes up into the mountain and receives for Israel the gracious words of Exodus 19:3-6. To these the people cheerfully respond with promise of obedience, and Moses, like a true mediator, returns their answer to Jehovah. Exodus 19:7-8. Again Jehovah speaks to Moses, and gives order for careful preparations and... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 19:5

5. Obey my voice… keep my covenant These two expressions denote the twofold idea of giving obedient attention to each new word that Jehovah speaks, and at the same time guard sacredly the terms of the covenant as already established, or about to be established in fuller form . A peculiar treasure unto me The Hebrew word סגלה is happily rendered by peculiar treasure, for it denotes more than the mere word property or possessions. In Malachi 3:17, it is translated jewels, and in 1... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 19:6

6. A kingdom of priests The Septuagint renders, a royal priesthood, and the Vulgate, a sacerdotal kingdom, and both these ideas seem to inhere in the phrase . Jehovah proposes to make his chosen people a royal and priestly race . They will be royal, or regal, in character, because sons of the living God, and conceived as reigning with him; they will be priestly, because, like a dynasty of priests, they will be the representatives and teachers of religion . To fulfil this lofty destiny... read more

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