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.


In Context

18 Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, the whole mountain trembled violently,

19 and the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder. Then Moses spoke and the voice of God answered him.

20 The Lord descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses went up

21 and 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.

22 Even the priests, who approach the Lord , must consecrate themselves, or the Lord will break out against them."

23 Moses said to the Lord , "The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, because you yourself warned us, 'Put limits around the mountain and set it apart as holy.' "

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:21He 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.

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.