Exodus 19:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 6:19 : 19 But the LORD struck down some of the people of Beth Shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the LORD; he struck down 50,070 of the men. The people grieved because the LORD had struck the people with a hard blow.
  • Exod 3:5 : 5 God said,“Do not approach any closer! Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
  • Exod 19:12-13 : 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! 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.”
  • Exod 33:20 : 20 But he added,“You cannot see my face, for no one can see me and live.”
  • Eccl 5:1 : 1 Rash Vows(4:17) Be careful what you do when you go to the temple of God; draw near to listen rather than to offer a sacrifice like fools, for they do not realize that they are doing wrong.
  • Heb 12:28-29 : 28 So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe. 29 For our God is indeed a devouring fire.
  • Exod 3:3 : 3 So Moses thought,“I will turn aside to see this amazing sight. Why does the bush not burn up?”

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  • Exod 19:22-25
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    22Let the priests also, who approach the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break through against them.”

    23Moses 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.’”

    24The 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.”

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

  • Exod 19:20
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    20The 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.

  • Exod 19:17
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    17Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their place at the foot of the mountain.

  • Exod 19:11-12
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    11and 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.

    12You 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!

  • Num 4:20-21
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    20But the Kohathites are not to go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, or they will die.”

    21The Service of the Gershonites Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 24:1-2
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    1The Lord Ratifies the Covenant But to Moses the LORD said,“Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from a distance.

    2Moses alone may come near the LORD, but the others must not come near, nor may the people go up with him.”

  • Lev 19:1
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    1Religious and Social Regulations The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 32:7
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    7The LORD spoke to Moses:“Go quickly, descend, because your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have acted corruptly.

  • Exod 20:18-21
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    18All 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.

    19They said to Moses,“You speak to us and we will listen, but do not let God speak with us, lest we die.”

    20Moses said to the people,“Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you so that you do not sin.”

    21The people kept their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.

  • Num 16:20-21
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    20The Judgment on the Rebels The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:

    21“Separate yourselves from among this community, that I may consume them in an instant.”

  • Exod 19:14
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    14Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.

  • Num 16:44-45
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    44The LORD spoke to Moses:

    45“Get away from this community, so that I can consume them in an instant!” But they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground.

  • Num 14:41
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    41But Moses said,“Why are you now transgressing the commandment of the LORD? It will not succeed!

  • Num 25:10
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    10The Aftermath The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Heb 12:20-21
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    20For they could not bear what was commanded:“If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”

    21In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said,“I shudder with fear.”

  • Deut 31:16
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    16Then the LORD said to Moses,“You are about to die, and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they are going. They will reject me and break my covenant that I have made with them.

  • Num 16:23
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    23So the LORD spoke to Moses:

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    3Moses 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:

  • Deut 9:12
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    12And he said to me,“Get up, go down at once from here because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have sinned! They have quickly turned from the way I commanded them and have made for themselves a cast metal image.”

  • Exod 19:9
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    9The LORD said to Moses,“I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe in you.” And Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.

  • Num 20:6-7
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    6Moses Responds So Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting. They then threw themselves down with their faces to the ground, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.

    7Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

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    1Exhortation to Obedience and Life The LORD spoke to Moses:

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    1Regulations for the Eating of Priestly Stipends The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 34:3
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    3No 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.”

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    1The Slaughter of Animals The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 14:5
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    5Then Moses and Aaron fell down with their faces to the ground before the whole assembled community of the Israelites.

  • Num 18:22
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    22No longer may the Israelites approach the tent of meeting, or else they will bear their sin and die.

  • Exod 16:11
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    11and the LORD spoke to Moses:

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    1Prohibitions against Illegitimate Family Worship The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Exod 33:5
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    5For 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.’”

  • Exod 32:9
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    9Then the LORD said to Moses:“I have seen this people. Look what a stiff-necked people they are!

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    13Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

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    17Rules for First Fruits The LORD spoke to Moses:

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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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    11Moreover, Moses commanded the people that day: