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Exodus 19:3

Exodus 19:3

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Moses went up unto God. From the time of his call Moses had known that Israel was to serve God upon Sinai (), and had regarded either one special peak, or the whole range as "the mount of God"—a place dedicated and set apart to Jehovah.

It was natural, therefore, that, so soon as he reached the near vicinity of the mount, he should ascend it. The Lord called to him out of the Mount. God often accepts the will for the deed, and spares his saints a needless toil.

Here, as Moses was on his way, God anticipated him, and calling to him out of the mountain sent him back to the people with a message. The house of Jacob. This rare expression, familiar to no sacred writer but Isaiah, recalls the promises made to Jacob of a numerous seed, which should grow from a house to a nation (; ).

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