Exodus 34:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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.”

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Referenced Verses

  • 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 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.
  • Lev 16:17 : 17 Nobody is to be in the Meeting Tent when he enters to make atonement in the holy place until he goes out, and he has made atonement on his behalf, on behalf of his household, and on behalf of the whole assembly of Israel.
  • 1 Tim 2:5 : 5 For there is one God and one intermediary between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human,
  • Heb 12:20 : 20 For they could not bear what was commanded:“If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”

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    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.

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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.

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    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.

    15He said to the people,“Be ready for the third day. Do not approach your wives for marital relations.”

    16On 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.

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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.

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  • Exod 19:20-24
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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.

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    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.”

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    3Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way.”

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

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

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