Exodus 19:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֧רֶד יְהוָ֛ה עַל־הַ֥ר סִינַ֖י אֶל־רֹ֣אשׁ הָהָ֑ר וַיִּקְרָ֨א יְהוָ֧ה לְמֹשֶׁ֛ה אֶל־רֹ֥אשׁ הָהָ֖ר וַיַּ֥עַל מֹשֶֽׁה׃

Transliteration

wə-yēred YHWH on har sînay to rōʾš the hār wə-yiqrāʾ YHWH to mōšeh to rōʾš the hār wə-yaʿal mōšeh.

Grammar Details

*wə-yēred*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he came down
*YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name (Yahweh/Jehovah)
*har*: noun, masculine singular construct - mountain of
*sînay*: proper noun - Sinai
*rōʾš*: noun, masculine singular construct - top of
*hār*: noun, masculine singular (with definite article) - the mountain
*wə-yiqrāʾ*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he called
*mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
*wə-yaʿal*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he went up

Word Meanings

*rōʾš*: top/summit/peak
*wə-yiqrāʾ*: and he called/and he summoned
*wə-yaʿal*: and he went up/and he ascended

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Referenced Verses

Neh 9:13 : 13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
Ps 81:7 : 7 Thou calledst{H8804)} in trouble, and I delivered{H8762)} thee; I answered{H8799)} thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved{H8799)} thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Exod 19:3 : 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;
Exod 19:11 : 11 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.
Exod 24:12-13 : 12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. 13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
Exod 24:18 : 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Exod 34:2 : 2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.
Exod 34:4 : 4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
Deut 9:9 : 9 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 19:2-3
2 verses
85%
2For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
3And 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;
Exod 19:16-19
4 verses
84%
16And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
18And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
19And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
Exod 19:23-25
3 verses
80%
23And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
24And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
25So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.
Exod 24:15-18
4 verses
80%
15And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
16And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
17And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
18And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Exod 19:21
80%
21And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
Exod 34:2-3
2 verses
80%
2And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.
3And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
Exod 24:12-13
2 verses
79%
12And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
13And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
Exod 19:11-12
2 verses
79%
11And 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.
12And 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:
Lev 19:1
78%
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Exod 19:9
78%
9And 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.
Exod 34:5
78%
5And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
Lev 25:1
76%
1And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
Exod 19:14
76%
14And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
Exod 24:1-2
2 verses
75%
1And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
2And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
Exod 20:20-22
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75%
20And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
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Exod 20:18
75%
18And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
Lev 18:1
75%
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 19:7
74%
7And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
Acts 7:31
74%
31When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,
Num 16:44
74%
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Num 20:7
74%
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Lev 20:1
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Deut 33:2
73%
2And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
Exod 24:9
73%
9Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
Num 20:27
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27And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
Num 12:5
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5And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
Exod 33:9
73%
9And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses.
Deut 9:15
73%
15So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
Exod 6:10
73%
10And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 34:32
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32And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai.
Exod 25:1
72%
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 15:1
72%
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exod 14:1
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 14:40
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