Exodus 19:21

Bible in Basic English 1965

And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and give the people orders to keep back, for fear that a great number of them, forcing their way through to see the Lord, may come to destruction.

Cross References

Exodus 3:3

And Moses said, I will go and see this strange thing, why the tree is not burned up,

Exodus 3:5

And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.

Exodus 33:20

But it is not possible for you to see my face, for no man may see me and still go on living.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil.

Numbers 4:15

And after the holy place and all its vessels have been covered up by Aaron and his sons, when the tents of the people go forward, the sons of Kohath are to come and take it up; but the holy things may not be touched by them for fear of death.

Numbers 4:18

Do not let the family of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites;

Numbers 4:19

But do this to them, so that life and not death may be theirs when they come near the most holy things; let Aaron and his sons go in and give to every one his work and that which he is to take up;

Numbers 4:20

But they themselves are not to go in to see the holy place, even for a minute, for fear of death.

Deuteronomy 5:5

I was between the Lord and you at that time, to make clear to you the word of the Lord: because, through fear of the fire, you did not go up the mountain; saying,

1 Samuel 6:19

But the Lord sent destruction on seventy men of the people of Beth-shemesh for looking into the ark of the Lord; and great was the sorrow of the people for the destruction which the Lord had sent on them.