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Exodus 19:23

Verse 23 of 25. The 19th of 40 chapters in Exodus, in The Law.

19And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

20And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

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.

22And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them.

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.

24And 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.

25So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.

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Exodus 19:23 in the World English Bible

Moses said to the LORD, “The people can’t come up to Mount Sinai, for you warned us, saying, ‘Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify it.’”
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Matthew Henry on Exodus 19:23

Moses pleads that they needed not to have any further orders given them, effectual care being taken already to prevent any intrusions, v. 23. But God, who knew their wilfulness and presumption, and what was now in the hearts of some of them, hastens him down with this in charge, that neither the priests nor the people should offer to force the lines that were set, to come up unto the Lord, but Moses and Aaron on, the men whom…

Read Matthew Henry on Exodus 19:16–25: The Divine Presence on Mount Sinai. (b. c. 1491.)

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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.