KJV King James Version
And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
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Exodus 19:24
And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the LORD replied, “Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.”
WEB World English Bible
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.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto him, Go, get thee down; and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto Jehovah, lest he break forth upon them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto him, ‘Go, descend, then thou hast come up, thou, and Aaron with thee; and the priests and the people do not break through, to come up unto Jehovah, lest He break forth upon them.’
Surrounding context — Exodus 19
21 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.
22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
23 And 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.
24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֵלָ֤יוH413 · elto(wards)יְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלֶךְ־H1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentרֵ֔דH3381 · ya.radto go downוְעָלִ֥יתָH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseאַתָּ֖הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)וְאַהֲרֹ֣ןH175 · a.ha.ronAaronעִמָּ֑ךְH5973 · imwithוְהַכֹּהֲנִ֣יםH3548 · ko.henpriestוְהָעָ֗םH5971 · ampeopleאַל־H408 · alnotיֶֽהֶרְס֛וּH2040 · ha.rasto overthrowלַעֲלֹ֥תH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)יְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDפֶּן־H6435 · penlestיִפְרָץ־H6555 · pa.ratsto break throughבָּֽם׃H9038 · hemthem
Cross-references
Hebrews 4:16Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.Hebrews 12:18-25For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,Hebrews 12:29For our God [is] a consuming fire.Matthew 11:12And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.Galatians 3:19Wherefore then [serveth] the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; [and it was] ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.Galatians 3:10-11For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.Exodus 24:1And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.Luke 16:16The law and the prophets [were] until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.Luke 13:24Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.Romans 4:15Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, [there is] no transgression.Exodus 24:9Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:Exodus 19:21-22And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.John 1:17For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.Exodus 19:12And 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:Galatians 3:22But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.Hebrews 10:19-22Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,2 Corinthians 3:7-9But if the ministration of death, written [and] engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which [glory] was to be done away:
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