Exodus 19:6
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
and you shall be to Me a kingdomמַמְלֶ֥כֶת
(mam·le·chet)
4467: kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reignfrom the same as melek
of priestsכֹּהֲנִ֖ים
(ko·ha·nim)
3548: priestfrom an unused word
and a holyקָדֹ֑ושׁ
(ka·do·vsh;)
6918: sacred, holyfrom the same as qodesh
nation.'וְגֹ֣וי
(ve·go·vy)
1471: nation, peoplefrom the same as gav
Theseאֵ֚לֶּה
(el·leh)
428: thesea prim. pronoun
are the wordsהַדְּבָרִ֔ים
(had·de·va·rim,)
1697: speech, wordfrom dabar
that you shall speakתְּדַבֵּ֖ר
(te·dab·ber)
1696: to speaka prim. root
to the sonsבְּנֵ֥י
(be·nei)
1121: sona prim. root
of Israel."יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
(yis·ra·'el.)
3478: "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc.from sarah and el


















KJV Lexicon
And ye shall be unto me a kingdom
mamlakah  (mam-law-kaw')
dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm) -- kingdom, king's, reign, royal.
of priests
kohen  (ko-hane')
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) -- chief ruler, own, priest, prince, principal officer.
and an holy
qadowsh  (kaw-doshe')
sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary -- holy (One), saint.
nation
gowy  (go'-ee)
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
These are the words
dabar  (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
which thou shalt speak
dabar  (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
unto the children
ben  (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
of Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
and 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."

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and you will be My kingdom of priests and My holy nation.' These are the words that you are to say to the Israelites."

International Standard Version
but you are to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation to me.' These are the words you are to declare to the Israelis."

NET Bible
and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites."

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You will be my kingdom of priests and my holy nation.' These are the words you must speak to the Israelites."

King James 2000 Bible
And you shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak unto the children of Israel.
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