And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
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Gill's Exposition
And the Lord said unto Moses,.... On the fourth day, according to the Targum of Jonathan:
go unto the people; go down from the mountain, from the top of it, where he now was, to the camp of Israel,…
Barnes' Notes
Sanctify them - The injunction involves bodily purification and undoubtedly also spiritual preparation. Compare Heb 10:22. The washing of the clothes was an outward symbol well understood in all…
Adam Clarke
Sanctify them - See the meaning of this term, Exo 13:2.
Let them wash their clothes - And consequently bathe their bodies; for, according to the testimony of the Jews, these always went together.
It…
Here, I. God intimates to Moses his purpose of coming down upon mount Sinai, in some visible appearance of his glory, in a thick cloud (Exo 19:9); for he said that he would dwell in the thick darkness…
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