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Exodus 19:21

Moses

19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.

23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.
KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
WEB
The LORD said to Moses, “Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
ASV
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.
DARBY
And Jehovah said to Moses, Go down, testify to the people that they break not through to Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.
BLB
And YHWH said to Moses, “Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to YHWH to see, and many from them fall.
ÅB
Og Herren sa til Moses: Stig ned og advar folket, så de ikke trenger seg fram til Herren for å se ham, for da kommer mange av dem til å falle.
OTB
Herren sa til Moses: “Gå ned og advar folket om ikke å trenge seg frem for å se Herren, ellers vil mange av dem omkomme.
B1930
Og Herren sa til Moses: Stig ned og advar folket, så de ikke trenger sig frem til Herren for å se ham, for da kommer mange av dem til å falle.

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 6:19

    And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.

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  • Exodus 3:5

    And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

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  • Hebrews 12:28–29

    Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

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  • Exodus 19:12–13

    And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

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  • Exodus 3:3

    And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

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  • Exodus 33:20

    And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

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  • Ecclesiastes 5:1

    Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

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