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Exodus 19:22

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.

In Context

21Then 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.

23And Moses said unto Yahweh, The people cannot come up into Mount Sinai,—for, thou thyself, hast adjured us saying: Set bounds to the mountain and hallow it.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:5Now, therefore, if ye will, indeed hearken, to my voice, And keep my covenant, Then shall ye be mine as a treasure beyond all the peoples, For, mine, is all the earth;

Exodus 24:5and he sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they caused to go up, ascending-sacrifices,—and slew peace-offerings to Yahweh, of oxen.

Leviticus 10:3Then said Moses unto Aaron—The very thing, that Yahweh spake, saying—In them that draw near to me, must I be hallowed, And before the faces of all the people, must I get myself honour,—And Aaron, was dumb.

1 Chronicles 13:9And, when they came as far as the threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzza thrust forth his hand, to seize the ark, for the oxen were restive.

1 Chronicles 15:13Because, at the first, ye, did not [bring it], Yahweh our God brake forth against us, because we sought him not in the appointed way.

2 Chronicles 30:15Then slaughtered they the passover, on the fourteenth of the second month,—and, the priests and the Levites, were put to shame, and hallowed themselves, and brought in the ascending-sacrifices of the house of Yahweh.

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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