Exodus 19:22

And let the priests who come near to the Lord make themselves holy, for fear that the Lord may come on them suddenly.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

21And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and give the people orders to keep back, for fear that a great number of them, forcing their way through to see the Lord, may come to destruction.

23And Moses said to the Lord, The people will not be able to come up the mountain, for you gave us orders to put limits round the mountain, marking it out and making it holy.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:5If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:

Exodus 24:5And he sent some of the young men of the children of Israel to make burned offerings and peace-offerings of oxen to the Lord.

Leviticus 10:3Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.

1 Chronicles 13:9And when they came to the grain-floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to keep the ark in its place, for the oxen were slipping.

1 Chronicles 15:13For because you did not take it at the first, the Lord our God sent punishment on us, because we did not get directions from him in the right way.

2 Chronicles 30:15Then on the fourteenth day of the second month they put the Passover lambs to death: and the priests and the Levites were shamed, and made themselves holy and took burned offerings into the house of the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 19:17-25

The Divine Presence on Mount Sinai. ( b. c. 1491.) 16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18 And Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof… Read the whole commentary →

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