Exodus 19:12
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!
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Referenced Verses
- Heb 12:20-21 : 20 For they could not bear what was commanded:“If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.” 21 In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said,“I shudder with fear.”
- Exod 10:28 : 28 Pharaoh said to him,“Go from me! Watch out for yourself! Do not appear before me again, for when you see my face you will die!”
- Exod 19:21 : 21 The LORD said to Moses,“Go down and solemnly warn the people, lest they force their way through to the LORD to look, and many of them perish.
- Exod 19:23 : 23 Moses said to the LORD,“The people are not able to come up to Mount Sinai, because you solemnly warned us,‘Set boundaries for the mountain and set it apart.’”
- Exod 34:12 : 12 Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare among you.
- Deut 2:4 : 4 Instruct these people as follows:‘You are about to cross the border of your relatives the descendants of Esau, who inhabit Seir. They will be afraid of you, so watch yourselves carefully.
- Deut 4:9 : 9 Reminder of the Horeb Covenant Again, however, pay very careful attention, lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.
- Josh 3:4 : 4 But stay about three thousand feet behind it. Keep your distance so you can see which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Exod 19:13-186 verses87%
13 No hand will touch him– but he will surely be stoned or shot through, whether a beast or a human being; he must not live.’ When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast they may go up on the mountain.”
14 Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.
15 He said to the people,“Be ready for the third day. Do not approach your wives for marital relations.”
16 On the third day in the morning there was thunder and lightning and a dense cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very loud horn; all the people who were in the camp trembled.
17 Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their place at the foot of the mountain.
18 Now Mount Sinai was completely covered with smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire, and its smoke went up like the smoke of a great furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.
- Exod 19:20-245 verses82%
20 The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain, and the LORD summoned Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
21 The LORD said to Moses,“Go down and solemnly warn the people, lest they force their way through to the LORD to look, and many of them perish.
22 Let the priests also, who approach the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break through against them.”
23 Moses said to the LORD,“The people are not able to come up to Mount Sinai, because you solemnly warned us,‘Set boundaries for the mountain and set it apart.’”
24 The LORD said to him,“Go, get down, and come up, and Aaron with you, but do not let the priests and the people force their way through to come up to the LORD, lest he break through against them.”
- Exod 34:2-32 verses80%
2 Be prepared in the morning, and go up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and station yourself for me there on the top of the mountain.
3 No one is to come up with you; do not let anyone be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks or the herds may graze in front of that mountain.”
- Heb 12:18-214 verses79%
18 For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind
19 and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words such that those who heard begged to hear no more.
20 For they could not bear what was commanded:“If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”
21 In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said,“I shudder with fear.”
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11 and be ready for the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
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13 (17:28) Anyone who even comes close to the tabernacle of the LORD will die! Are we all to die?”
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22 No longer may the Israelites approach the tent of meeting, or else they will bear their sin and die.
- Exod 20:18-192 verses75%
18 All the people were seeing the thundering and the lightning, and heard the sound of the horn, and saw the mountain smoking– and when the people saw it they trembled with fear and kept their distance.
19 They said to Moses,“You speak to us and we will listen, but do not let God speak with us, lest we die.”
- Exod 31:14-152 verses75%
14 So you must keep the Sabbath, for it is holy for you. Everyone who defiles it must surely be put to death; indeed, if anyone does any work on it, then that person will be cut off from among his people.
15 Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD; anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.
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2 Moses alone may come near the LORD, but the others must not come near, nor may the people go up with him.”
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2 In six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Anyone who does work on it will be put to death.
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12 The person who pays no attention to the priest currently serving the LORD your God there, or to the judge– that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.
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38 But those who were to camp in front of the tabernacle on the east, in front of the tent of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons. They were responsible for the needs of the sanctuary and for the needs of the Israelites, but the unauthorized person who approached was to be put to death.
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20 But the Kohathites are not to go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, or they will die.”
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35 Then the LORD said to Moses,“The man must surely be put to death; the whole community must stone him with stones outside the camp.”
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3 Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain,“Thus you will tell the house of Jacob, and declare to the people of Israel:
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1 Religious and Social Regulations The LORD spoke to Moses:
- Lev 24:16-172 verses72%
16 and one who misuses the name of the LORD must surely be put to death. The whole congregation must surely stone him, whether he is a resident foreigner or a native citizen; when he misuses the Name he must be put to death.
17 “‘If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.
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51 Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites must take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be reassembled, the Levites must set it up. Any unauthorized person who approaches it must be killed.
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11 Purification from Uncleanness“‘Whoever touches the corpse of any person will be ceremonially unclean seven days.
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13 Anyone who touches the corpse of any dead person and does not purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. And that person must be cut off from Israel, because the water of purification was not sprinkled on him. He will be unclean; his uncleanness remains on him.
- Lev 24:13-142 verses71%
13 Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
14 “Bring the one who cursed outside the camp, and all who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the whole congregation is to stone him to death.
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26 And he said to the community,“Move away from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything they have, lest you be destroyed because of all their sins.”
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3 They must be responsible to care for you and to care for the entire tabernacle. However, they must not come near the furnishings of the sanctuary and the altar, or both they and you will die.
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15 The Nature of Israel’s God Be very careful, then, because you saw no form at the time the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the middle of the fire.
- Deut 13:9-113 verses71%
9 Instead, you must kill him without fail! Your own hand must be the first to strike him, and then the hands of the whole community.
10 You must stone him to death because he tried to entice you away from the LORD your God, who delivered you from the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.
11 Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.
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14 Laws Concerning Witnesses You must not encroach on your neighbor’s property, which will have been defined in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
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5 For the LORD had said to Moses,“Tell the Israelites,‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I went up among you for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments, that I may know what I should do to you.’”
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5 God said,“Do not approach any closer! Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
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18 Any man who rebels against what you say and does not obey all your commands will be executed. But be strong and brave!”
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1 Prohibitions against Illegitimate Family Worship The LORD spoke to Moses: