Exodus 19:23

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Moses 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.'

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  • Exod 19:12 : 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.
  • Josh 3:4-5 : 4 However, keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between you and it. Do not go near it so that you may know the way you are to go, for you have not traveled this way before. 5 Then Joshua said to the people, 'Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.'

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  • Exod 19:24-25
    2 verses
    85%

    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 19:9-14
    6 verses
    82%

    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.

    10The LORD said to Moses, 'Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their garments.

    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.

    13No 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.

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

  • Exod 19:20-22
    3 verses
    82%

    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.

    21The 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.'

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

  • Exod 24:2
    80%

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

  • Exod 34:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2Be ready in the morning, and come up to Mount Sinai in the morning and stand before Me there on the top of the mountain.

    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.

  • Exod 19:3
    79%

    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:

  • Exod 19:17-18
    2 verses
    79%

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

    18Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire. Its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.

  • Lev 19:1
    78%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

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    1The LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying:

  • Exod 20:18-20
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    76%

    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.'

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    21The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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    15Moses spoke to the LORD, saying:

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    75%

    5God said, 'Do not come any closer. Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.'

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    75%

    23Then the Lord said to Moses,

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  • Lev 23:26
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    26The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

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    12And the LORD said to Moses,

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    1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

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    13But Moses said to the LORD, "The Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.

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    75%

    14The LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying:

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    7So Moses came and summoned the elders of the people. He set before them all the words that the LORD had commanded him.

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    13Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

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

  • Exod 6:10
    74%

    10Then the LORD said to Moses,

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    74%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 15:17
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    17The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Heb 12:20-21
    2 verses
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    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."

  • Lev 22:17
    74%

    17The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Exod 24:15
    74%

    15Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

  • Exod 30:11
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    11The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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    10The LORD said to Moses,

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    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

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  • Deut 27:11
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    11That day Moses gave this command to the people:

  • Exod 33:5
    74%

    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.’

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    74%

    12The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain and stay there, so I can give you the stone tablets with the law and commandments I have written to teach them."