Exodus 19:21
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.
In context
19 And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.
20 The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,
21 and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.
22 Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.”
23 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.’”
Exodus 19:21 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.
- KJV King James Version
- And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
- WEB World English Bible
- The LORD said to Moses, “Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Go down, protest to the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to see, and many of them have fallen;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Jehovah said to Moses, Go down, testify to the people that they break not through to Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the LORD said to Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.