Exodus 13:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁹ And Moses took with him the bones of Joseph, who had required a solemn oath of the Israelites, saying, “God will surely come to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from here.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for [Joseph] had strictly sworn the Israelites, saying, Surely God will be with you, and you must carry my bones away from here with you. [Gen. 50:25.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ Moses took with him Joseph’s bones just as Joseph had made Israel’s sons promise when he said to them, “When God takes care of you, you must carry my bones out of here with you.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ Also, Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, because he had sworn to the sons of Israel, saying: "God will visit you. Carry my bones away from here with you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ And Moses took Joseph's bones with him; because he had adjured the children of Israel, saying: God shall visit you. Carry out my bones from hence with you.

Exodus 13:19 Cross References

Genesis 48:21

Then Israel said to Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you again to the land of your ancestors.

Exodus 4:31

The people believed, and when they heard that the Lord had given heed to the Israelites and that he had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.

Luke 1:58

Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

Luke 7:16

Fear seized all of them, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen among us!” and “God has visited his people!”

Acts 7:15

so Jacob went down to Egypt. He himself died there as well as our ancestors,

Acts 7:16

and their bodies were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

Hebrews 11:22

By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his burial.

Joshua 24:32

The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem, in the portion of ground that Jacob had bought from the children of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of money; it became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.