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Exodus 19:3

And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;

KJV

Moyses autem ascendit ad Deum : vocavitque eum Dominus de monte, et ait : Hæc dices domui Jacob, et annuntiabis filiis Israël :

Vulgate

καὶ Μωσῆς ἀνέβη εἰς τὸ ὄρος τοῦ θεοῦ· καὶ ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸν ὁ θεὸς ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ λέγων Τάδε ἐρεῖς τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰακὼβ καὶ ἀναγγελεῖς τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ

LXX

And Moses went up unto God, and Jehovah called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:

ASV

וּ/מֹשֶׁ֥ה עָלָ֖ה אֶל הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַ/יִּקְרָ֨א אֵלָ֤י/ו יְהוָה֙ מִן הָ/הָ֣ר לֵ/אמֹ֔ר כֹּ֤ה תֹאמַר֙ לְ/בֵ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְ/תַגֵּ֖יד לִ/בְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Hebrew

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People JacobMosesJacob

In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יַעֲקֹ֖ב
y'qb
proper_noun · 346×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כֹּֽה
kh
adverb · 574×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§66There is no doubt that Christian moral teaching, even in its Biblical roots, acknowledges the specific importance of a fundamental choice which qualifies the moral life and engages freedom on a radical level before God. It is a question of the decision of faith, of the obedience of faith (cf. Rom 16:26) "by which man makes a total and free self-commitment to God, offering 'the …

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:38 — This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
  • Exod 3:1 — Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
  • Exod 3:4 — And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
  • Lev 1:1 — And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,