Exodus 19:23

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 19:12 : 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
  • Josh 3:4-5 : 4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore. 5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves; for to-morrow Jehovah will do wonders among you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 85%

    24And Jehovah said unto him, Go, get thee down; and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto Jehovah, lest he break forth upon them.

    25So Moses went down unto the people, and told them.

  • Exod 19:9-14
    6 verses
    82%

    9And Jehovah said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and may also believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto Jehovah.

    10And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their garments,

    11and be ready against the third day; for the third day Jehovah will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

    12And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

    13no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, he shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

    14And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments.

  • 82%

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

    21And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.

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

  • 2and Moses alone shall come near unto Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.

  • Exod 34:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2And be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me on the top of the mount.

    3And no man shall come up with thee; neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.

  • 3And Moses went up unto God, and Jehovah called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:

  • 79%

    17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

    18And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

  • 1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • 1And Jehovah spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

  • 76%

    18And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.

    19And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

    20And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.

  • 21And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • 15And Moses spake unto Jehovah, saying,

  • 5And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

  • 23And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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  • 26And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • 12And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • 1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • 13And Moses said unto Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;

  • 14And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

  • 7And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Jehovah commanded him.

  • 13And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • 41And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper?

  • 10And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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  • 17And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Heb 12:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;

    21and so fearful was the appearance, [that] Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:

  • 44And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • 17And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • 15And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount.

  • 11And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • 10And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • 1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • 1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • 11And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

  • 5And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people; if I go up into the midst of thee for one moment, I shall consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.

  • 12And Jehovah said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment, which I have written, that thou mayest teach them.