Exodus 19:24
And the Lord said to him, Go down, and you and Aaron may come up; but let not the priests and the people make their way through to the Lord, or he will come on them suddenly.
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25So Moses went down to the people and said this to them.
Cross References
Exodus 19:12And let limits be marked out for the people round the mountain, and say to them, Take care not to go up the mountain or near the sides of it: whoever puts his foot on the mountain will certainly come to his death:
Exodus 24:1And he said to Moses, Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, and Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the chiefs of Israel; and give me worship from a distance.
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.
Matthew 11:12And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven is forcing its way in, and men of force take it.
Luke 16:16The law and the prophets were till John: but then came the preaching of the kingdom of God, and everyone makes his way into it by force.
Romans 4:15For the outcome of the law is wrath; but where there is no law it will not be broken.
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 →