Exodus 19:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

And you shall set boundaries for the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that you do not go up into the mount, or touch the border of it; whoever touches the mount shall surely be put to death:

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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:

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And sett markes rounde aboute the people and saye: beware that ye go not vp in to the mounte and that ye twych not the bordres of it, for whosoeuer twicheth the mounte, shall surely dye

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And set markes rounde aboute the people, and saye vnto them: Bewarre, that ye go not vp in to ye mount, ner touch ye border of it. For whosoeuer toucheth ye mout, shal dye ye death.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And thou shalt set markes vnto the people rounde about, saying, Take heede to your selues that ye goe not vp the mount, nor touche the border of it: whosoeuer toucheth the mount, shall surely die.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And thou shalt set boundes vnto the people rounde about, & say: take heede to your selues that ye go not vp into the mount, or touche the border of it: whosoeuer toucheth the mounte, shall surelye dye.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    You shall set bounds to the people round about, saying, 'Be careful that you don't go up onto the mountain, or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And thou hast made a border `for' the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, going up into the mount, or coming against its extremity; whoever is coming against the mount is certainly put to death;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    You shall set bounds to the people all around, saying, 'Be careful that you don't go up onto the mountain, or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    You must set boundaries for the people all around, saying,‘Take heed to yourselves not to go up on the mountain nor touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death!

Referenced Verses

  • Heb 12:20-21 : 20 For they could not bear what was commanded: "And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow." 21 And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I am exceedingly afraid and trembling."
  • Exod 10:28 : 28 And Pharaoh said to him, Get away from me, take heed to yourself, see my face no more; for in the day you see my face, you shall die.
  • Exod 19:21 : 21 And the LORD said to Moses, Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
  • Exod 19:23 : 23 And Moses said to the LORD, The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for you have warned us, saying, Set boundaries about the mount, and sanctify it.
  • Exod 34:12 : 12 Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare in your midst.
  • Deut 2:4 : 4 And command the people, saying, You are to pass through the coast of your brethren, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, and they shall be afraid of you; take good heed to yourselves therefore.
  • Deut 4:9 : 9 Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life: but teach them to your sons, and your sons' sons;
  • Josh 3:4 : 4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Exod 19:13-18
    6 verses
    87%

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

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

    15And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day; do not come near your wives.

    16And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceedingly loud, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

    17And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the lower part of the mount.

    18And Mount Sinai was all in smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire, and the smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

  • Exod 19:20-24
    5 verses
    82%

    20And the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mount, and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

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

    22And let the priests also, who come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break out against them.

    23And Moses said to the LORD, The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for you have warned us, saying, Set boundaries about the mount, and sanctify it.

    24And the LORD said to him, Away, get down, and you shall come up, you and Aaron with you, but let not the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest he break out against them.

  • Exod 34:2-3
    2 verses
    80%

    2Be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me at the top of the mountain.

    3No one shall come up with you, nor let anyone be seen throughout all the mountain; neither let the flocks nor herds graze in front of that mountain.

  • Heb 12:18-21
    4 verses
    79%

    18For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest,

    19And the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore:

    20For they could not bear what was commanded: "And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow."

    21And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I am exceedingly afraid and trembling."

  • Exod 19:11
    78%

    11And be ready for the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.

  • Num 17:13
    78%

    13Whoever comes near the tabernacle of the LORD must die: will we all be consumed with dying?

  • Num 18:22
    75%

    22Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come near the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

  • Exod 20:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18And all the people saw the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off.

    19Then they said to Moses, 'You speak with us and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.’

  • Exod 31:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you: everyone who defiles it shall surely be put to death: for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.

    15Six days may work be done; but the seventh is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

  • Exod 24:2
    74%

    2And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.

  • Exod 35:2
    74%

    2Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

  • Deut 17:12
    74%

    12The man who acts presumptuously and will not listen to the priest who stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or to the judge, that man shall die; so you shall put away the evil from Israel.

  • Num 3:38
    73%

    38But those who camp before the tabernacle on the east, toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, Aaron, and his sons, performing the duties of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.

  • Num 4:20
    73%

    20But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

  • Num 15:35
    73%

    35And the LORD said to Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.

  • Exod 19:3
    72%

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

  • Lev 19:1
    72%

    1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Lev 24:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16And he who blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: the stranger as well as the one born in the land, when he blasphemes the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.

    17And he who kills any man shall surely be put to death.

  • Num 1:51
    72%

    51And when the tabernacle is set out, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up: and the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.

  • Num 19:11
    72%

    11He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

  • Num 19:13
    72%

    13Whoever touches the dead body of any man who is dead, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of purification has not been sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still upon him.

  • Lev 24:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    14Bring forth him who has cursed outside the camp; and let all who heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

  • Num 16:26
    71%

    26And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins.

  • Num 18:3
    71%

    3And they shall keep your charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come near the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor you also, die.

  • Deut 4:15
    71%

    15Take therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no form on the day that the LORD spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

  • Deut 13:9-11
    3 verses
    71%

    9But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

    10And you shall stone him with stones, that he die; because he has sought to push you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

    11And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this among you.

  • Deut 19:14
    71%

    14You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set in your inheritance, which you shall inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess.

  • Exod 33:5
    71%

    5For the LORD had said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, 'You are a stiff-necked people: I will come up into your midst in a moment and consume you: therefore now take off your ornaments from you, that I may know what to do with you.'

  • Exod 3:5
    71%

    5And he said, Do not draw near here; take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.

  • Josh 1:18
    71%

    18Whoever rebels against your command and does not heed your words in all that you command him, shall be put to death. Only be strong and of good courage.

  • Lev 20:1
    71%

    1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,