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Exodus 19:21

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And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.

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Exodus 19:21 in other translations

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

Exodus 19:21 · World English Bible

Exodus 19:21 in context

  1. 19And when the voice of the trumpet waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
  2. 20And Jehovah came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the mount: and Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
  3. 21And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.
  4. 22And let the priests also, that come near to Jehovah, sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth upon them.
  5. 23And Moses said unto Jehovah, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou didst charge us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.