King James Version
Exodus 19:11 in the King James Version says “And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount ...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.”
Exodus 19:11 · KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. trumpet: or, cornet
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And be ready”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
“day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“against the third”
H7992third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“against the third”
H7992third; feminine a third (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
“will come down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
“in the sight”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“of all the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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