Exodus 19:21

Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Go down, adjure the people,—lest they press through unto Yahweh to see, and so there fall from among them a multitude.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

20Thus came Yahweh down upon Mount Sinai unto the top of the mount,—and Yahweh called Moses unto the top of the mount, and Moses went up.

22Yea, even the priests who do approach unto Yahweh, must hallow themselves,—lest Yahweh break in upon them.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:5And he said—Do not draw nigh hither,—put off thy sandals from thy feet, for, the place whereon thou art standing is holy ground.

Exodus 33:20But he said—Thou canst not see my face, For no son of earth can see me, and live

Numbers 4:18Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be cut off out of the midst of the Levites.

Numbers 4:20but they shall not enter to see, for a moment, that which is holy, else should they die.

Ecclesiastes 5:1Keep thy foot, when thou goest unto the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than dullards to offer sacrifice,—for they make no acknowledgment of doing wrong.

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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