Exodus 19:21

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.

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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

20And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

22And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:5And he said, Draw not nigh here: put off your shoes from off your feet, for the place whereon you stand is holy ground.

Exodus 33:20And he said, You can not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

Numbers 4:18Cut all of you not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:

Numbers 4:20But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

Ecclesiastes 5:1Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

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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