Exodus 19:21
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.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
20The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,
Cross References
Exodus 3:5“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
Exodus 33:20But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”
Numbers 4:18“Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be cut off from among the Levites.
Numbers 4:20But the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.”
Ecclesiastes 5:1Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
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 →