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Exodus 19:21
Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Go down, adjure the people,—lest they press through unto Yahweh to see, and so there fall from among them a multitude.
Exodus 19:21 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Exodus 19:21 in other translations
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.
The LORD said to Moses, “Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
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In context
18 And Mount Sinai, smoked, all over, because Yahweh had come down thereon in fire,—and the smoke thereof went up as the smoke of a furnace, and all the mountain trembled exceedingly.
19 And as oft as the sound of the horn went on and became exceeding loud, Moses, spake and, God, responded to him with a voice.
20 Thus came Yahweh down upon Mount Sinai unto the top of the mount,—and Yahweh called Moses unto the top of the mount, and Moses went up.
21 Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Go down, adjure the people,—lest they press through unto Yahweh to see, and so there fall from among them a multitude.
22 Yea, even the priests who do approach unto Yahweh, must hallow themselves,—lest Yahweh break in upon them.
23 And Moses said unto Yahweh, The people cannot come up into Mount Sinai,—for, thou thyself, hast adjured us saying: Set bounds to the mountain and hallow it.
24 And Yahweh said unto him—Away, down, then shalt thou come up, thou and Aaron with thee,—but as for the priests and the people, let it not be that they press through to come up unto Yahweh lest he break in upon them.
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