Exodus 19:24

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And the LORD said unto him, Away, 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 the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֤יו יְהוָה֙ לֶךְ־רֵ֔ד וְעָלִ֥יתָ אַתָּ֖ה וְאַהֲרֹ֣ן עִמָּ֑ךְ וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְהָעָ֗ם אַל־יֽ͏ֶהֶרְס֛וּ לַעֲלֹ֥ת אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה פֶּן־יִפְרָץ־בָּֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer to him YHWH leḵ-rēd wə-ʿālîtā you and ʾahărōn with you and the kōhănîm and the ʿām not yeherṣû laʿălōt to YHWH lest yiprāṣ-in them.

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name (Yahweh/Jehovah)
• *leḵ*: verb, qal imperative masculine singular - go
• *rēd*: verb, qal imperative masculine singular - go down
• *wə-ʿālîtā*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and you shall come up
• *ʾahărōn*: proper noun - Aaron
• *kōhănîm*: noun, masculine plural (with definite article) - the priests
• *ʿām*: noun, masculine singular (with definite article) - the people
• *yeherṣû*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they break through
• *laʿălōt*: preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to go up
• *yiprāṣ*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he breaks out

Word Meanings

• *leḵ-rēd*: go, descend/go down
• *yeherṣû*: break through/break in/force their way
• *yiprāṣ*: break out against/break forth upon/attack

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:
• Exod 19:21-22 : 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. 22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
• Exod 24:1 : 1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
• Exod 24:9 : 9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
• Matt 11:12 : 12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
• Luke 13:24 : 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
• Luke 16:16 : 16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
• John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
• Rom 4:15 : 15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
• 2 Cor 3:7-9 : 7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: 8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? 9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
• Gal 3:10-11 : 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. 11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
• Gal 3:19 : 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
• Gal 3:22 : 22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
• Heb 4:16 : 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
• Heb 10:19-22 : 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And having an high priest over the house of God; 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
• Heb 12:18-25 : 18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, 19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: 20 For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: 21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) 22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, 23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, 24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
• Heb 12:29 : 29 For our God is a consuming fire.