Exodus 19:10

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֤ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה֙ לֵ֣ךְ אֶל־הָעָ֔ם וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ֥ם הַיּ֖וֹם וּמָחָ֑ר וְכִבְּס֖וּ שִׂמְלֹתָֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer YHWH to mōšeh lēḵ to the ʿām wə-qiddaštām the yôm and māḥār wə-ḵibbəsû śimlōtām.

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name (Yahweh/Jehovah)
• *mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *lēḵ*: verb, qal imperative masculine singular - go
• *ʿām*: noun, masculine singular (with definite article) - the people
• *wə-qiddaštām*: conjunction + verb, piel perfect 2nd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and you shall sanctify/consecrate them
• *yôm*: noun, masculine singular (with definite article) - the day/today
• *māḥār*: adverb - tomorrow
• *wə-ḵibbəsû*: conjunction + verb, piel perfect 3rd common plural - and they shall wash
• *śimlōtām*: noun, feminine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their garments

Word Meanings

• *wə-qiddaštām*: and consecrate them/and sanctify them/and prepare them
• *yôm* and *māḥār*: today and tomorrow/this day and the next
• *śimlōtām*: their garments/their clothes/their outer garments

Referenced Verses

• Gen 35:2 : 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
• Lev 11:44-45 : 44 For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
• Lev 15:5 : 5 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
• Num 8:7 : 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
• Num 8:21 : 21 And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
• Heb 10:22 : 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
• Josh 3:5 : 5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
• Josh 7:13 : 13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
• 1 Sam 16:5 : 5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
• 2 Chr 29:5 : 5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.
• 2 Chr 29:34 : 34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
• 2 Chr 30:17-19 : 17 For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD. 18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one 19 That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
• Job 1:5 : 5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
• Zech 3:3-4 : 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. 4 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
• 1 Cor 6:11 : 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
• Rev 7:14 : 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• Exod 19:14-15 : 14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. 15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
• Lev 11:25 : 25 And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
• Num 31:24 : 24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.