King James Version
Exodus 19:7 in the King James Version says “And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD comma...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.”
Exodus 19:7 · KJV
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:
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.
And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“of the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“and laid”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“before their faces”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all these words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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