Exodus 19:21

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 6:19 : 19 He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Yahweh, he struck of the people fifty thousand seventy men; and the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.
  • Exod 3:5 : 5 He said, "Don't come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."
  • Exod 19:12-13 : 12 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. 13 No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether it is animal or man, he shall not live.' When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come up to the mountain."
  • Exod 33:20 : 20 He said, "You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live."
  • Eccl 5:1 : 1 Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.
  • Heb 12:28-29 : 28 Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can't be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe, 29 for our God is a consuming fire.
  • Exod 3:3 : 3 Moses said, "I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt."

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  • Exod 19:22-25
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    22 Let the priests also, who come near to Yahweh, sanctify themselves, lest Yahweh break forth on them."

    23 Moses said to Yahweh, "The people can't come up to Mount Sinai, for you warned us, saying, 'Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify it.'"

    24 Yahweh said to him, "Go down and you shall bring Aaron up with you, but don't let the priests and the people break through to come up to Yahweh, lest he break forth on them."

    25 So Moses went down to the people, and told them.

  • Exod 19:20
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    20 Yahweh came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Yahweh called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

  • Exod 19:17
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    17 Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the lower part of the mountain.

  • Exod 19:11-12
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    11 and be ready against the third day; for on the third day Yahweh will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai.

    12 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.

  • Num 4:20-21
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    20 but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die."

    21 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 24:1-2
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    1 He said to Moses, "Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.

    2 Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him."

  • Lev 19:1
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    1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 32:7
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    7 Yahweh spoke to Moses, "Go, get down; for your people, who you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves!

  • Exod 20:18-21
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    18 All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.

    19 They said to Moses, "Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don't let God speak with us, lest we die."

    20 Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won't sin."

    21 The people stayed at a distance, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

  • Num 16:20-21
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    20 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

    21 "Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!"

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    14 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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    44 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

    45 "Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!" They fell on their faces.

  • Num 14:41
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    41 Moses said, "Why now do you disobey the commandment of Yahweh, since it shall not prosper?

  • Num 25:10
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    10 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Heb 12:20-21
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    20 for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned;"

    21 and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling."

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    16 Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

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    23 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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

  • Deut 9:12
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    12 Yahweh said to me, "Arise, get down quickly from here; for your people whom you have brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image."

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    9 Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever." Moses told the words of the people to Yahweh.

  • Num 20:6-7
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    6 Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces: and the glory of Yahweh appeared to them.

    7 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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    1 Yahweh said to Moses,

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    1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Exod 34:3
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    3 No one shall come up with you; neither let anyone be seen throughout all the mountain; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mountain."

  • Lev 17:1
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    1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 14:5
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    5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

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    22 Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die.

  • Exod 16:11
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    11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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    1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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    5 Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell the children of Israel, 'You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go up into your midst for one moment, I would consume you. Therefore now take off your jewelry from you, that I may know what to do to you.'"

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    9 Yahweh said to Moses, "I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.

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    13 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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    17 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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    13 Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of Yahweh, dies! Will we all perish?"

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    11 Moses commanded the people the same day, saying,