23Moses said to Yahweh, |The people can't come up to Mount Sinai, for you warned us, saying, 'Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify it.'|


In Context

20 Yahweh came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Yahweh called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

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

22 Let the priests also, who come near to Yahweh, sanctify themselves, lest Yahweh break forth on them.|

23 Moses said to Yahweh, |The people can't come up to Mount Sinai, for you warned us, saying, 'Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify it.'|

24 Yahweh said to him, |Go down and you shall bring Aaron up with you, but don't let the priests and the people break through to come up to Yahweh, lest he break forth on them.|

25 So Moses went down to the people, and told them.

Exodus 19:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:23And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:23Moses 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.' "

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:23And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:23And Moses said unto Jehovah, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou didst charge us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:23And Moses said to Jehovah, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai; for thou hast testified to us, saying, Set bounds about the mountain, and hallow it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:23And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou didst charge us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:23And Moses said to the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:23And Moses saith unto Jehovah, 'The people is unable to come up unto mount Sinai, for Thou — Thou hast protested to us, saying, Make a border for the mount, then thou hast sanctified it.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:23And Moses said to the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for you charged us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.