Exodus 19:21

And Hashem said unto Moshe, Go down, warn HaAm, lest they push through toward Hashem to gaze, and many of them fall perishing.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Hashem came down upon Mt. Sinai, onto the top of HaHar; and Hashem summoned Moshe up to the top of HaHar; and Moshe went up.

22And let the kohanim also, which come near to Hashem, set themselves apart as kodesh, lest Hashem break forth upon them.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:5And He said, Draw not nearer here; put off thy na'alayim (sandals) from off thy raglayim, for hamakom whereon thou standest is admat kodesh.

Exodus 33:20And He said, Thou canst not see My face; for there shall no adam see Me, and live.

Numbers 4:18Cut ye not off the shevet (tribe) of the mishpekhot of the Kehati from among the Levi'im;

Numbers 4:20But they shall not go in to look for a single instant at hakodesh, lest they die. 1 [NASO]

Ecclesiastes 5:1Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine lev be hasty to utter any thing before HaElohim; for HaElohim is in Shomayim, and thou upon ha'aretz; therefore let thy devarim 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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