Exodus 20:20

Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data

"And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And

מֹשֶׁה

Môsheh

H4872

Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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unto the

עַם

ʻam

H5971

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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יָרֵא

yârêʼ

H3372

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

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not for

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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is

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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to

נָסָה

nâçâh

H5254

to test; by implication, to attempt

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you and that his

יָרֵא

yârêʼ

H3372

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

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may be

פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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your

פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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that ye

חַטָּאָה

chaṭṭâʼâh

H2403

an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender

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not

Key Terms in This Verse

prove H5254

נָסָה nâçâh

to test; by implication, to attempt

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faces H6440

פָּנִים pânîym

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

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Fear H3372

יָרֵא yârêʼ

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

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fear H3372

יָרֵא yârêʼ

to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

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sin H2403

חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh

an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender

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Moses H4872

מֹשֶׁה Môsheh

Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver

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before H6440

פָּנִים pânîym

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

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come H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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people H5971

עַם ʻam

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

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said H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 13:3 cross-reference

Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your sou...

Proverbs 3:7 cross-reference

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

1 Samuel 12:20 cross-reference

And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;

Proverbs 16:6 cross-reference

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Isaiah 8:13 cross-reference

Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

Job 28:28 cross-reference

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Genesis 22:1 cross-reference

And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

Deuteronomy 8:2 cross-reference

And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep ...

Deuteronomy 4:10 cross-reference

Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all...

Isaiah 41:10 cross-reference

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Joshua 24:14 cross-reference

Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

Genesis 22:12 cross-reference

And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

Deuteronomy 6:2 cross-reference

That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be ...

Deuteronomy 10:12 cross-reference

And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy s...

Genesis 20:11 cross-reference

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

Proverbs 1:7 cross-reference

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Nehemiah 5:15 cross-reference

But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the peop...

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