Exodus 19:6

Translations

Modern

And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”

Traditional

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.

Literal

And you—you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.”

Latin

…et vos eritis mihi in regnum sacerdotale, et gens sancta. Hæc sunt verba quæ loqueris ad filios Israël.

Original

Hebrew

English

And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”

Notes

Exodus 19:5–6

God, who owns all the earth, promised to make Israel his treasured possession. This promise depended on their acceptance and faithful keeping of a covenant with God.
unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation: The nation was to act as intercessors between a holy God and a lost world. God would reveal himself through Israel (see 1 Peter 2:9–10).

Exodus 19:1–9

God prepared his people to receive the covenant by first reminding them of the past and of what they had learned about him (19:4). He then made promises about the future, which depended on their obedience (19:5–6). The final result was their promise to obey what the Lord has commanded (19:8).

Theme notes and profiles

Moses Biblical Law Biblical Marriage Empowering Leadership God’s Covenant with David God’s Covenants God’s Faithfulness to His People God’s New Covenant Holy War Purity and Identity The New Community The Purpose of the Sinai Covenant True Justice

Events

Ten Commandments Givenc. 1491 BC

Related verses

Revelation 5:10
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:5
…you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
Revelation 1:6
…who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
Deuteronomy 28:9
The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.
Isaiah 62:12
And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
Deuteronomy 26:19
…that He will set you high in praise and name and honor above all the nations He has made, and that you will be a holy people to the LORD your God, as He has promised.
Leviticus 11:44–45
For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
Leviticus 19:2
“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
Romans 12:1
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
1 Corinthians 3:17
If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Book of Exodus Covenant Criminal Law and Punishment Destiny Deuteronomy, Book of Firstborn History of Israel Holiness Hosea, Book of Inheritance John the Baptist King Leviticus, Book of Malachi, Book of Miracle Mount Sinai Mount, Mountain People of God Priesthood

Topics

All Christians should be As Missionaries: from Their Calling As Saints God: Love of, Exemplified Government: Theocratic Holiness: General Scriptures Concerning Inspiration: General Scriptures Concerning Israel: The Message of God to Them Moses: Prophecies of Priest: Figurative Priests: Saints Sinai: A Mountain in the Peninsula East of the Red Sea: The Law Delivered to Moses Upon The Jews: A Holy Nation The Jews: A Kingdom of Priests The Jews: Promises Respecting Made to Themselves The Jews: Under the Theocracy Until the Time of Samuel The Theocracy: or Immediate Government by God: Lasted from the Deliverance out of Egypt Until The Titles and Names of Saints: Holy Nation Titles and Names of Saints: Kingdom of Priests

Exodus 19:6

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