Exodus 3:5

World English Bible (2000)

He said, "Don't come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 5:15 : 15 The prince of Yahweh's army said to Joshua, "Take your shoes off of your feet; for the place on which you stand is holy." Joshua did so.
  • Acts 7:33 : 33 The Lord said to him, 'Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
  • 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.
  • Exod 19:12 : 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.
  • Exod 19:21 : 21 Yahweh said to Moses, "Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to Yahweh to gaze, and many of them perish.
  • Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what Yahweh spoke of, saying, 'I will show myself holy to those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" Aaron held his peace.
  • Heb 12:20 : 20 for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned;"
  • Gen 28:16-17 : 16 Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I didn't know it." 17 He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven."

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    31When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came to him,

    32'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' Moses trembled, and dared not look.

    33The Lord said to him, 'Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.

  • Exod 3:1-4
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    1Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.

    2The angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

    3Moses said, "I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt."

    4When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, "Moses! Moses!" He said, "Here I am."

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    6Moreover he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.

  • Josh 5:15
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    15The prince of Yahweh's army said to Joshua, "Take your shoes off of your feet; for the place on which you stand is holy." Joshua did so.

  • Exod 19:3
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    3Moses 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:

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    23Moses 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.'"

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    20He said, "You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live."

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

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    20Moses 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."

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

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    5(I stood between Yahweh and you at that time, to show you the word of Yahweh: for you were afraid because of the fire, and didn't go up onto the mountain;) saying,

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    5Yahweh 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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    3He said, "Throw it on the ground." He threw it on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses ran away from it.

  • Exod 34:2-3
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    2Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain.

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    8Moses hurried and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.

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

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    1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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    11Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"

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

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    18All 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.

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    5Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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    18He said, "Please show me your glory."

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    1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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