13 They are to be stoned(A) or shot with arrows; not a hand is to be laid on them. No person or animal shall be permitted to live.’ Only when the ram’s horn(B) sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”(C)

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13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

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21 and the Lord said to him, “Go down and warn the people so they do not force their way through to see(A) the Lord and many of them perish.(B) 22 Even the priests, who approach(C) the Lord, must consecrate(D) themselves, or the Lord will break out against them.”(E)

23 Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai,(F) because you yourself warned us, ‘Put limits(G) around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”

24 The Lord replied, “Go down and bring Aaron(H) up with you. But the priests and the people must not force their way through to come up to the Lord, or he will break out against them.”(I)

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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.

22 And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them.

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.

24 And the Lord said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon them.

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20 because they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:20 Exodus 19:12,13

20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

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