Exodus 3:5

WEB

⁵He said, “Don’t come close. Take off your sandals, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.”

KJV

⁵And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

BSB

⁵“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

FBV

⁵“Don't come any closer!” God told him. “Take off your sandals because you're standing on holy ground.”

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Extra References

Joshua 5:15

¹⁵The prince of the LORD’s army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals, for the place on which you stand is holy.” Joshua did so.

Acts 7:33

³³The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground.

Exodus 19:12

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.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

¹Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.

Hebrews 12:20

²⁰for they could not stand that which was commanded, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned”.

¹⁶Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I didn’t know it.” ¹⁷He was afraid, and said, “How awesome this place is! This is none other than God’s house, and this is the gate of heaven.”

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.

Leviticus 10:3

³Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD spoke of, saying, ‘I will show myself holy to those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.’” Aaron held his peace.