Exodus 19:23
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.’”
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- Exod 19:12 : 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!
- Josh 3:4-5 : 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.” 5 Joshua told the people,“Ritually consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will perform miraculous deeds among you.”
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- Exod 19:24-252 verses85%
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 19:9-146 verses82%
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.
10The LORD said to Moses,“Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and make them wash their clothes
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!
13No 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.”
14Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.
- Exod 19:20-223 verses82%
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.
21The 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.
22Let the priests also, who approach the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break through against them.”
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2Moses alone may come near the LORD, but the others must not come near, nor may the people go up with him.”
- Exod 34:2-32 verses79%
2Be 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.
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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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:
- Exod 19:17-182 verses79%
17Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their place at the foot of the mountain.
18Now 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.
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1Religious and Social Regulations The LORD spoke to Moses:
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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.”
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21The Service of the Gershonites Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
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15Then Moses spoke to the LORD:
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5God 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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23So the LORD spoke to Moses:
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1Regulations for the Eating of Priestly Stipends The LORD spoke to Moses:
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26The Day of Atonement The LORD spoke to Moses:
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12Sabbath Observance The LORD said to Moses,
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1Regulations for Israel’s Appointed Times The LORD spoke to Moses:
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13Moses said to the LORD,“When the Egyptians hear it– for you brought up this people by your power from among them–
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14The Numbering of the Levites Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai:
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7So Moses came and summoned the elders of Israel. He set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him,
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13Then the LORD spoke to Moses:
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41But Moses said,“Why are you now transgressing the commandment of the LORD? It will not succeed!
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10Then the LORD said to Moses,
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1The Victory at the Red Sea The LORD spoke to Moses:
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17Rules for First Fruits The LORD spoke to Moses:
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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.”
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44The LORD spoke to Moses:
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17Regulations for Offering Votive and Freewill Offerings The LORD spoke to Moses:
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15Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
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11The Ransom Money The LORD spoke to Moses:
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10The Aftermath The LORD spoke to Moses:
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1Exhortation to Obedience and Life The LORD spoke to Moses:
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1Purification of Diseased Skin Infections The LORD spoke to Moses:
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11Moreover, Moses commanded the people that day:
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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.’”
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12The LORD said to Moses,“Come up to me on the mountain and remain there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandments that I have written, so that you may teach them.”