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Exodus 19:23

And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

KJV

Dixitque Moyses ad Dominum : Non poterit vulgus ascendere in montem Sinai : tu enim testificatus es, et jussisti, dicens : Pone terminos circa montem, et sanctifica illum.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Μωυσῆς πρὸς τὸν θεόν Οὐ δυνήσεται ὁ λαὸς προσαναβῆναι πρὸς τὸ ὄρος τὸ Σεινά· σὺ γὰρ διαμεμαρτύρησαι ἡμῖν λέγων Ἀφόρισαι τὸ ὄρος καὶ ἁγίασαι αὐτό.

LXX

And 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.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל יְהוָ֔ה לֹא יוּכַ֣ל הָ/עָ֔ם לַ/עֲלֹ֖ת אֶל הַ֣ר סִינָ֑י כִּֽי אַתָּ֞ה הַעֵדֹ֤תָה בָּ֨/נוּ֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר הַגְבֵּ֥ל אֶת הָ/הָ֖ר וְ/קִדַּשְׁתּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
אָעִ֣ידָה
''ydh
verb · 44×
גָּבְל֖וּ
gblv
verb · 5×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
וֹ
v
verb · 172×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
יוּכַ֣ל
yvkl
verb · 193×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
סִינָֽי
syny
proper_noun · 35×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2085The one and true God first reveals his glory to Israel.6 The revelation of the vocation and truth of man is linked to the revelation of God. Man's vocation is to make God manifest by acting in conformity with his creation "in the image and likeness of God": There will never be another God, Trypho, and there has been no other since the world began . . . than he who made and orde…

Cross-references

  • Exod 19:12 — And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to