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.

And Moses {H4872} said {H559} unto the LORD {H3068}, The people {H5971} cannot {H3201} come up {H5927} to mount {H2022} Sinai {H5514}: for thou chargedst {H5749} us, saying {H559}, Set bounds {H1379} about the mount {H2022}, and sanctify {H6942} it.

Moshe said to ADONAI, "The people can't come up to Mount Sinai, because you ordered us to set limits around the mountain and separate it."

But Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, for You solemnly warned us, ‘Put a boundary around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”

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.

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 19:12 (5 votes)

    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 death:

  • Joshua 3:4 (2 votes)

    Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed [this] way heretofore.

  • Joshua 3:5 (2 votes)

    And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.