Exodus 19:21

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The LORD said to Moses, 'Go down and warn the people not to force their way through to see the LORD, or many of them will perish.'

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  • 1 Sam 6:19 : 19 But God struck down some of the men of Beth Shemesh because they looked into the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had inflicted them with a great blow.
  • Exod 3:5 : 5 God said, 'Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.'
  • Exod 19:12-13 : 12 Set boundaries for the people all around, saying, 'Be careful not to go up the mountain or touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain must surely be put to death. 13 No hand is to touch it; anyone who touches it must be stoned or shot with arrows. Whether animal or human, they must not be allowed to live.' Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they go up the mountain.
  • Exod 33:20 : 20 But He added, 'You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.'
  • Eccl 5:1 : 1 Do not be hasty with your mouth, and do not let your heart rush to speak anything before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore, let your words be few.
  • Heb 12:28-29 : 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, 29 for our God is a consuming fire.
  • Exod 3:3 : 3 So Moses said, 'I will turn aside to see this remarkable sight—why the bush is not burning up.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 19:22-25
    4 verses
    86%

    22Even the priests who come near the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.

    23Moses said to the LORD, 'The people cannot come up Mount Sinai because You yourself warned us, saying: Set boundaries around the mountain and consecrate it.'

    24The LORD replied, 'Go down and bring Aaron up with you. But the priests and the people must not force their way up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.'

    25So Moses went down to the people and told them.

  • Exod 19:20
    80%

    20The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Then the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

  • Exod 19:17
    79%

    17Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

  • Exod 19:11-12
    2 verses
    79%

    11They must be prepared for the third day, because on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai.

    12Set boundaries for the people all around, saying, 'Be careful not to go up the mountain or touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain must surely be put to death.

  • Num 4:20-21
    2 verses
    78%

    20But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die.

    21The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 24:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders, and worship from a distance."

    2Only Moses is to approach the LORD; the others must not come near, and the people must not go up with him.

  • Lev 19:1
    78%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 32:7
    77%

    7Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves."

  • Exod 20:18-21
    4 verses
    77%

    18When all the people saw the thunder and the lightning flashes, and heard the sound of the trumpet, and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear and stood at a distance.

    19They said to Moses, 'Speak to us yourself, and we will listen. But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.'

    20Moses said to the people, 'Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you to keep you from sinning.'

    21The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

  • Num 16:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

    20The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

    21"Separate yourselves from this assembly so I can put an end to them at once."

  • Exod 19:14
    77%

    14Moses went down from the mountain to the people, consecrated them, and they washed their garments.

  • Num 14:41
    76%

    41But Moses said, 'Why are you disobeying the LORD's command? This will not succeed.

  • Num 25:10
    76%

    10The LORD said to Moses,

  • Heb 12:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20because they could not bear what was commanded: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death."

    21The sight was so terrifying that Moses said, "I am trembling with fear."

  • Deut 31:16
    75%

    16The LORD said to Moses, 'Behold, you are going to rest with your ancestors, and this people will rise up and prostitute themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake me and break the covenant I made with them.'

  • Num 16:23
    75%

    23Then the Lord said to Moses,

  • Exod 19:3
    75%

    3Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, "This is what you shall say to the house of Jacob and declare to the children of Israel:

  • Deut 9:12
    75%

    12Then the LORD said to me, 'Go down immediately, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned aside from the way I commanded them; they have made a molten image for themselves.'

  • Exod 19:9
    75%

    9The LORD said to Moses, 'Behold, I am coming to you in a dense cloud so that the people may hear when I speak with you and may always believe in you.' Then Moses reported the people's words to the LORD.

  • Num 20:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6Moses and Aaron left the assembly and went to the entrance of the tent of meeting. They fell facedown, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.

    7The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Lev 18:1
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    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Lev 22:1
    74%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 34:3
    74%

    3No one may come up with you, and no one should be seen anywhere on the mountain; even the flocks and herds must not graze near the mountain.

  • Lev 17:1
    74%

    1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 14:5
    73%

    5Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown before the entire assembly of the Israelite community.

  • Num 18:22
    73%

    22From now on, the Israelites must not go near the tent of meeting, or they will bear the consequences of their sin and die.

  • Exod 16:11
    73%

    11The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Lev 20:1
    73%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 33:5
    73%

    5For the LORD had said to Moses, 'Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go with you for even a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments, and I will decide what to do with you.’

  • Exod 32:9
    73%

    9The LORD also said to Moses, "I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people."

  • Lev 24:13
    73%

    13Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 15:17
    73%

    17The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 14:1
    73%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 17:13
    73%

    13He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was stopped.

  • Deut 27:11
    73%

    11That day Moses gave this command to the people: