Exodus 19:21

Then the Lord said vnto Moses, Go down, charge the people, that they breake not their boundes, to go vp to the Lord to gaze, least many of them perish.

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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

20(For the Lord came downe vpon mount Sinai on the toppe of the mount) and when the Lord called Moses vp into the top of the mount, Moses went vp.

22And let the Priestes also which come to the Lord be sanctified, least the Lord destroy them.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:5Then he saide, Come not hither, put thy shooes off thy feete: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Exodus 33:20Furthermore he sayde, Thou canst not see my face, for there shall no man see me, and liue.

Numbers 4:18Ye shall not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Leuites:

Numbers 4:20But let them not goe in, to see when the Sanctuarie is folden vp, lest they die.

Ecclesiastes 5:1Be not rash with thy mouth, nor let thine heart be hastie to vtter a thing before God: for God is in the heauens, and thou art on the earth: therefore let thy wordes be fewe.

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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