Exodus 3:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ Then he said, “Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ God said, Do not come near; put your shoes off your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Common English Bible

⁵ Then the LORD said, “Don’t come any closer! Take off your sandals, because you are standing on holy ground.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And he said: "Lest you should approach here, remove the shoes from your feet. For the place on which you stand is holy ground."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And he said: Come not nigh hither. Put off the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Exodus 3:5 Cross References

Exodus 19:12

You shall set limits for the people all around, saying, ‘Be careful not to go up the mountain or to touch the edge of it. Any who touch the mountain shall be put to death.

Exodus 19:21

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the Lord; otherwise many of them will perish.

Exodus 4:28

Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord with which he had sent him and all the signs with which he had charged him.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; to draw near to listen is better than the sacrifice offered by fools, for they do not know how to keep from doing evil.

Jeremiah 30:21

Their prince shall be one of their own; their ruler shall come from their midst; I will bring him near, and he shall approach me, for who would otherwise dare to approach me? says the Lord.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord meant when he said, ‘Through those who are near me I will show myself holy, and before all the people I will be glorified.’ ” And Aaron was silent.

Acts 7:33

Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

Deuteronomy 23:14

Because the Lord your God travels along with your camp, to save you and to hand over your enemies to you, therefore your camp must be holy, so that he may not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.

Hebrews 12:20

(For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned to death.”

Joshua 5:15

The commander of the army of the Lord said to Joshua, “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy.” And Joshua did so.

2 Peter 1:18

We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven, while we were with him on the holy mountain.