Exodus 19:21

Yahweh said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to me to look, or many of them will perish.

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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

20Yahweh came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain, and he summoned Moses to the top. So Moses went up.

22Let the priests also who come near to me set themselves apart—prepare themselves for my coming—so that I do not attack them.”

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Cross References

Exodus 3:5God said, “Do not come any closer! Take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are standing is ground that is set apart to me.”

Exodus 33:20But Yahweh said, “You may not see my face, for no one can see me and live.”

Numbers 4:18“Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be removed from among the Levites.

Numbers 4:20they must not go in to see the holy place even for a moment, or they must die. Aaron and his sons must go in, and then Aaron and his sons must assign each of the Kohathites to his work, to his special tasks.”

Ecclesiastes 5:1Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not understand that they are doing what is wrong. 1

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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