Exodus 19:21

And the Lord said to Mosheh, Go down, warn the people lest they break through before the Lord to see, and many of them fall.

Targum Onkelos

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 was revealed upon mount Sinai, on the head of the mountain; and the Lord called Mosheh unto the head of the mount; and Mosheh went up.

22And let the priests also, who are to minister before the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord slay them.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:5And He said, Approach not hither; loose the sandal from thy foot, for the place where thou standest is holy.

Exodus 33:20And He said, Thou canst not see the Face of My Shekinah; for no man can see Me and abide alive.

Numbers 4:18Cut not off the tribe of the family of Kehath from among the Levites;

Numbers 4:20But they shall not go in to see, when the vessels of the sanctuary are covered, lest they die.

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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