Exodus 19:21

And God spoke to Moses, saying, Go down, and solemnly charge the people, lest at any time they draw nigh to God to gaze, and a multitude of them fall.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

20And the Lord came down upon mount Sina on the top of the mountain; and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

22And let the priests that draw nigh to the Lord God sanctify themselves, lest he + 19:22 Gr. change. ἀπαλλατέω is used in this sense elsewhere. q. d. lest he remove by destroying.destroy some of them.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:5And he said, Draw not nigh hither: loose thy sandals from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Exodus 33:20And God said, Thou shalt not be able to see my face; for no man shall see my face, and live.

Numbers 4:18Ye shall not destroy the family of Caath from the tribe out of the midst of the Levites.

Numbers 4:20And so they shall by no means go in to look suddenly upon the holy things, and die.

Ecclesiastes 5:1Be not hasty with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be swift to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven above, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

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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