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And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy ground.

And he said {H559}, Draw not nigh {H7126} hither {H1988}: put off {H5394} thy shoes {H5275} from off thy feet {H7272}, for the place {H4725} whereon {H834} thou standest {H5975} is holy {H6944} ground {H127}.

He said, "Don't come any closer! Take your sandals off your feet, because the place where you are standing is holy ground.

“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

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Cross-References

  • Joshua 5:15 (19 votes)

    And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest [is] holy. And Joshua did so.

  • Acts 7:33 (12 votes)

    Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

  • Exodus 19:12 (12 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:

  • Ecclesiastes 5:1 (10 votes)

    ¶ Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

  • Hebrews 12:20 (7 votes)

    (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:

  • Genesis 28:16 (6 votes)

    ¶ And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew [it] not.

  • Genesis 28:17 (6 votes)

    And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful [is] this place! this [is] none other but the house of God, and this [is] the gate of heaven.