21He said unto him: Go down, and charge the people: lest they should have a mind to pass the limits to see the Lord, and a very great multitude of them should perish.


In Context

18 And all mount Sinai was on a smoke: because the Lord was come down upon it in fire, and the smoke arose from it as out of a furnace: and all the mount was terrible.

19 And the sound of the trumpet grew by degrees louder and louder, and was drawn out to a greater length: Moses spoke, and God answered him.

20 And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, in the very top of the mount, and he called Moses unto the top thereof. And when he was gone up thither,

21 He said unto him: Go down, and charge the people: lest they should have a mind to pass the limits to see the Lord, and a very great multitude of them should perish.

22 The priests also that come to the Lord, let them be sanctified, lest he strike them.

23 And Moses said to the Lord: The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou did charge, and command, saying: Set limits about the mount, and sanctify it.

Exodus 19:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:21And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:21and the Lord said to him, "Go down and warn the people so they do not force their way through to see the Lord and many of them perish.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:21And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:21And Jehovah said to Moses, Go down, testify to the people that they break not through to Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:21And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:21And the LORD said to Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:21Yahweh said to Moses, |Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to Yahweh to gaze, and many of them perish.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:21And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Go down, protest to the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to see, and many of them have fallen;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:21And the LORD said to Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.