Exodus 3:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 5:15 : 15 And the captain of the Lord's army said to Joshua, Take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy. And Joshua did so.
  • Acts 7:33 : 33 And the Lord said, Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.
  • Eccl 5:1 : 1 Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.
  • Exod 19:12 : 12 And let limits be marked out for the people round the mountain, and say to them, Take care not to go up the mountain or near the sides of it: whoever puts his foot on the mountain will certainly come to his death:
  • Exod 19:21 : 21 And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and give the people orders to keep back, for fear that a great number of them, forcing their way through to see the Lord, may come to destruction.
  • Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.
  • Heb 12:20 : 20 For the order which said, If the mountain is touched even by a beast, the beast is to be stoned, seemed hard to them;
  • Gen 28:16-17 : 16 And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said, Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of it. 17 And fear came on him, and he said, This is a holy place; this is nothing less than the house of God and the doorway of heaven.

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    31And Moses, seeing it, was full of wonder, and when he came up to have a nearer view of it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying,

    32I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it.

    33And the Lord said, Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.

  • Exod 3:1-4
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    1Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

    2And the angel of the Lord was seen by him in a flame of fire coming out of a thorn-tree: and he saw that the tree was on fire, but it was not burned up.

    3And Moses said, I will go and see this strange thing, why the tree is not burned up,

    4And when the Lord saw him turning to one side to see, God said his name out of the tree, crying, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.

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    6And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.

  • Josh 5:15
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    15And the captain of the Lord's army said to Joshua, Take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy. And Joshua did so.

  • Exod 19:3
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    3And Moses went up to God, and the voice of the Lord came to him from the mountain, saying, Say to the family of Jacob, and give word to the children of Israel:

  • Exod 19:23-24
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    23And Moses said to the Lord, The people will not be able to come up the mountain, for you gave us orders to put limits round the mountain, marking it out and making it holy.

    24And the Lord said to him, Go down, and you and Aaron may come up; but let not the priests and the people make their way through to the Lord, or he will come on them suddenly.

  • Exod 33:20-21
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    20But it is not possible for you to see my face, for no man may see me and still go on living.

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    17And Moses made the people come out of their tents and take their places before God; and they came to the foot of the mountain,

  • Exod 20:20-21
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    20And Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin.

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    5(I was between the Lord and you at that time, to make clear to you the word of the Lord: because, through fear of the fire, you did not go up the mountain;) saying,

    6I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.

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    5And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people: if I come among you, even for a minute, I will send destruction on you; so take off all your ornaments, so that I may see what to do with you.

  • Exod 4:3
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    3And he said, Put it down on the earth. And he put it down on the earth and it became a snake; and Moses went running from it.

  • Exod 34:2-3
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    2And be ready by the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai, and come before me there in the morning, on the top of the mountain.

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    5Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping at his feet; holy is he.

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    11And by the third day let them be ready: for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai, before the eyes of all the people.

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    8Then Moses quickly went down on his face in worship.

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    21And the vision was so overpowering that even Moses said, I am shaking and full of fear.

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    2And God said to Moses, I am Yahweh:

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    1And the Lord said to Moses,

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  • Exod 3:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11And Moses said to God, Who am I to go to Pharaoh and take the children of Israel out of Egypt?

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  • Exod 19:20
    71%

    20Then the Lord came down on to Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain, and the Lord sent for Moses to come up to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

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    2And Moses only may come near to the Lord; but the others are not to come near, and the people may not come up with them.

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    1And the voice of the Lord came to Moses out of the Tent of meeting, saying,

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    18And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.

  • Exod 3:14-15
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    14And God said to him, I AM WHAT I AM: and he said, Say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.

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    1And the Lord said to Moses,

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    15And Moses said, If you yourself are not going with us, do not send us on from here.

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    5And the Lord said to Moses,

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    3Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.

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    18And Moses said, O Lord, let me see your glory.

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    1And the Lord said to Moses,

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    6Then Moses and Aaron went away from the people to the door of the Tent of meeting; and, falling on their faces there, they saw the glory of the Lord.

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    8And Moses said to them, Do nothing till the Lord gives me directions about you.

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    45For I am the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; so be you holy, for I am holy.