Time after Pentecost · Proper 6 · Year A
Exodus 19:2-8
A Priestly Kingdom at Sinai
June 14, 2026
Overview & Insights
"Now therefore, if you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples." (Exodus 19:5)
At Mount Sinai God recalls how he carried Israel out of Egypt on eagles' wings and brought them to himself. He offers a covenant that, if kept, will make them his treasured possession, a priestly kingdom and a holy nation, and the people agree.
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Commentary
Working Preacher: Commentary on Exodus 19:2-8a Working Preacher
Lutheran lectionary commentary on the covenant offered at Sinai.
Enduring Word: Exodus 19 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.
Precept Austin: Exodus 19 Commentary Precept Austin
Detailed study gathering many commentators on Israel at the mountain.
BibleHub: Commentaries on Exodus 19:2 BibleHub
Parallel classic commentaries keyed to Israel's arrival at Sinai.
StudyLight: Exodus 19 Commentaries StudyLight
Many complete commentaries on Exodus 19 gathered on one passage page.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: Exodus Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's scholarly introduction to Exodus and its setting.
Sefaria: Exodus 19 (Hebrew) Sefaria
Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.
BibleHub: Exodus 19 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.
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