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Exodus 19:12

WEB

12You shall set bounds to the people all around, saying, ‘Be careful that you don’t go up onto the mountain, or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death.

KJV

12And 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:

BSB

12And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

FBV

12Set up a boundary for the people all around and warn them, ‘Watch out! Don't try to go up the mountain—don't even touch it! For anyone who touches the mountain will most certainly be killed. Don't touch any person or any animal that has touched the mountain.

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Book of Exodus Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2) - BibleProject

Extra References

Hebrews 12:20-21

20for they could not stand that which was commanded, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned”.21[+] So fearful was the appearance that Moses said, “I am terrified and trembling.”

Joshua 3:4

4Yet there shall be a space between you and it of about two thousand cubits[+] by measure—don’t come closer to it—that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way before.”

Deuteronomy 4:9

9Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children—

Exodus 19:21

21The LORD said to Moses, “Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

Exodus 34:12

12Be careful, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be for a snare among you;

Deuteronomy 2:4

4Command the people, saying, ‘You are to pass through the border of your brothers, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Therefore be careful.

Exodus 19:23

23Moses said to the LORD, “The people can’t come up to Mount Sinai, for you warned us, saying, ‘Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify it.’”

Exodus 10:28

28Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me! Be careful to see my face no more; for in the day you see my face you shall die!”