Exodus 19:21
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.
KJV
dixit ad eum : Descende, et contestare populum : ne forte velit transcendere terminos ad videndum Dominum, et pereat ex eis plurima multitudo.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεὸς πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων Καταβὰς διαμάρτυραι τῷ λαῷ, μή ποτε ἐγγίσωσιν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν κατανοῆσαι, καὶ πέσωσιν ἐξ αὐτῶν πλῆθος·
LXX
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל מֹשֶׁ֔ה רֵ֖ד הָעֵ֣ד בָּ/עָ֑ם פֶּן יֶהֶרְס֤וּ אֶל יְהוָה֙ לִ/רְא֔וֹת וְ/נָפַ֥ל מִמֶּ֖/נּוּ רָֽב
Hebrew
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13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 1Sam 6:19 — And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD
- 1Sam 6:19 — And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD
- Exod 3:5 — And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
- Exod 3:5 — And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
- Exod 24:11 — And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
- Exod 34:3 — And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
- Heb 12:28 — Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
- Num 4:20 — But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.