Exodus 19:10-23

10 And the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their clothes
11 and be ready by the third day, because on that day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
12 Put limits for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful that you do not approach the mountain or touch the foot of it. Whoever touches the mountain is to be put to death.
13 They are to be stoned 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 sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”
14 After Moses had gone down the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.
15 Then he said to the people, “Prepare yourselves for the third day. Abstain from sexual relations.”
16 On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled.
17 Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
18 Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the LORD descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain[a] trembled violently.
19 As the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and the voice of God answered him.[b]
20 The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses went up
21 and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people so they do not force their way through to see the LORD and many of them perish.
22 Even the priests, who approach the LORD, must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.”
23 Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, because you yourself warned us, ‘Put limits around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’ ”

Cross References 30

  • 1. ver 14,22; Leviticus 11:44; Numbers 11:18; 1 Samuel 16:5; Joel 2:16; Hebrews 10:22
  • 2. S Genesis 35:2; Revelation 22:14
  • 3. ver 16
  • 4. S Genesis 11:5
  • 5. ver 3,20; S Exodus 3:1; Exodus 24:16; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 34:2,4,29,32; Leviticus 7:38; Leviticus 26:46; Leviticus 27:34; Numbers 3:1; Deuteronomy 10:5; Nehemiah 9:13; Galatians 4:24-25
  • 6. ver 23
  • 7. Hebrews 12:20*
  • 8. Joshua 6:4; 1 Chronicles 15:28; Psalms 81:3; Psalms 98:6
  • 9. ver 21; Exodus 34:3
  • 10. S Genesis 35:2
  • 11. 1 Samuel 21:4; 1 Corinthians 7:5
  • 12. 1 Samuel 2:10; Isaiah 29:6
  • 13. S ver 9
  • 14. Hebrews 12:18-19; Revelation 4:1
  • 15. S Genesis 3:10; 1 Samuel 13:7; 1 Samuel 14:15; 1 Samuel 28:5; Psalms 99:1; Hebrews 12:21
  • 16. S ver 2; Deuteronomy 4:11
  • 17. Exodus 20:18; Psalms 104:32; Isaiah 6:4; Revelation 15:8
  • 18. S Exodus 3:2; Exodus 24:17; Leviticus 9:24; Deuteronomy 4:11,24,33,36">Deuteronomy 4:11,24,33,36; Deuteronomy 4:11; Deuteronomy 5:4; Deuteronomy 9:3; 1 Kings 18:24,38; 1 Chronicles 21:26; 2 Chronicles 7:1; Psalms 18:8; Hebrews 12:18
  • 19. S Genesis 19:28; Revelation 9:2
  • 20. Judges 5:5; 2 Samuel 22:8; Psalms 18:7; Psalms 68:8; Isaiah 2:19; Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 41:15; Isaiah 64:1; Jeremiah 4:24; Jeremiah 10:10; Micah 1:4; Nahum 1:5; Habakkuk 3:6,10; Haggai 2:6
  • 21. S ver 9; Deuteronomy 4:33; Nehemiah 9:13
  • 22. Psalms 81:7
  • 23. S ver 11
  • 24. Exodus 24:10-11; Exodus 3:5; Numbers 4:20; 1 Samuel 6:19
  • 25. S ver 13
  • 26. Leviticus 10:3
  • 27. 1 Samuel 16:5; 2 Chronicles 29:5; Joel 2:16
  • 28. ver 24; 2 Samuel 6:7
  • 29. ver 11
  • 30. ver 12

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Most Hebrew manuscripts; a few Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint "and all the people"
  • [b]. Or "and God answered him with thunder"
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