Exodus 19:22

And 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.

Brenton Septuagint

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 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.

23And Moses said to God, The people will not be able to approach to the mount of Sina, for thou hast solemnly charged us, saying, Set bounds to the mountain and sanctify it.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:5And now if ye will indeed hear my voice, and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations; for the whole earth is mine.

Exodus 24:5And he sent forth the young men of the children of Israel, and they offered whole burnt-offerings, and they sacrificed young calves as a peace-offering to God.

Leviticus 10:3And Moses said to Aaron, This is the thing which the Lord spoke, saying, I will be sanctified among them that draw nigh to me, and I will be glorified in the whole congregation; and Aaron was pricked in his heart.

1 Chronicles 13:9And they came as far as the threshing-floor: and Oza put forth his hand to hold the ark, because the bullock moved it from its place.

1 Chronicles 15:13For because ye were not ready at the first, our God made a breach upon us, because we sought him not according to the ordinance.

2 Chronicles 30:15Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites repented, and purified themselves, and brought whole-burnt-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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