KJV King James Version
There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether [it be] beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Exodus 19:13
There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether [it be] beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”
WEB World English Bible
No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether it is animal or man, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come up to the mountain.”
ASV American Standard Version
no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, he shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
a hand cometh not against him, for he is certainly stoned or shot through, whether beast or man it liveth not; in the drawing out of the jubilee cornet they go up into the mount.’
Surrounding context — Exodus 19
10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, [that ye] go [not] up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether [it be] beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at [your] wives.
16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that [was] in the camp trembled.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
לֹא־H3808 · lonotתִגַּ֨עH5060 · na.gato touchבּ֜וֹH9033 · ohimיָ֗דH3027 · yadhandכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforסָק֤וֹלH5619 · sa.qalto stoneיִסָּקֵל֙H5619 · sa.qalto stoneאוֹ־H176 · oorיָרֹ֣הH3384 · ya.rato shootיִיָּרֶ֔הH3384 · ya.rato shootאִם־H518 · imifבְּהֵמָ֥הH929 · be.he.mahanimalאִם־H518 · imifאִ֖ישׁH376 · ishmanלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיִחְיֶ֑הH2421 · cha.yahto liveבִּמְשֹׁךְ֙H4900 · ma.shakhto drawהַיֹּבֵ֔לH3104 · yo.veljubilee/hornהֵ֖מָּהH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)יַעֲל֥וּH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseבָהָֽר׃H2022 · harmountain: mount
Cross-references
1 Thessalonians 4:16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:Exodus 19:16And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that [was] in the camp trembled.Hebrews 12:20(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:1 Corinthians 15:52In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.Leviticus 20:15-16And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.Exodus 21:28-29If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox [shall be] quit.Exodus 19:19And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
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