Exodus 3:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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

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:

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.

Exodus 4:28

And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD wherewith he had sent him, and all the signs wherewith he had charged him.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

Jeremiah 30:21

And their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is he that hath had boldness to approach unto me? saith the LORD.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

Acts 7:33

And the Lord said unto him, Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Deuteronomy 23:14

for the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

Hebrews 12:20

for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;

Joshua 5:15

And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.

2 Peter 1:18

and this voice we ourselves heard come out of heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.