Exodus 19:23

וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל ־ יְהוָה לֹא ־ יוּכַל הָעָם לַעֲלֹת אֶל ־ הַר סִינָי כִּֽי ־ אַתָּה הַעֵדֹתָה בָּנוּ לֵאמֹר הַגְבֵּל אֶת ־ הָהָר וְקִדַּשְׁתּֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

In Context

22וְגַם הַכֹּהֲנִים הַנִּגָּשִׁים אֶל ־ יְהוָה יִתְקַדָּשׁוּ פֶּן ־ יִפְרֹץ בָּהֶם יְהוָֽה ׃

24וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו יְהוָה לֶךְ ־ רֵד וְעָלִיתָ אַתָּה וְאַהֲרֹן עִמָּךְ וְהַכֹּהֲנִים וְהָעָם אַל ־ יֶֽהֶרְסוּ לַעֲלֹת אֶל ־ יְהוָה פֶּן ־ יִפְרָץ ־ בָּֽם ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 19:12וְהִגְבַּלְתָּ אֶת ־ הָעָם סָבִיב לֵאמֹר הִשָּׁמְרוּ לָכֶם עֲלוֹת בָּהָר וּנְגֹעַ בְּקָצֵהוּ כָּל ־ הַנֹּגֵעַ בָּהָר מוֹת יוּמָֽת ׃

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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