Exodus 19:6 (DBY)

Passage

and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel.

Nearby Context

Exodus 19:4 Ye have seen what I have done to the Egyptians, and [how] I have borne you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.

Exodus 19:5 And now, if ye will hearken to my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then shall ye be my own possession out of all the peoples for all the earth is mine

Exodus 19:6 and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel.

Exodus 19:7 And Moses came and called the elders of the people, and laid before the mall these words which Jehovah had commanded him.

Exodus 19:8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that Jehovah has spoken will we do! And Moses brought the words of the people back to Jehovah.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "kingdom", "priests", "holy", "nation", "words", "thou", and "shalt". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "kingdom", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "And now if ye will hearken to..." into verse 7's "And Moses came and called the elders...", so "shall" and "kingdom" belong inside that flow. In Exodus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "kingdom" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.