Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go: for you have not passed this way until now.
And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, you were he that led out and brought in Israel: and the LORD your God said to you, You shall feed my people Israel, and you shall be ruler over my people Israel.
And you shall set bounds for the people round about, saying, Be careful that you do not go up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whoever touches the mount shall surely be put to death:
And Moses said to the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither beforehand, nor since you have spoken unto your servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
For Tophet is ordained from of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he has made it deep and large: there is a pile of fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, kindles it.
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD your God who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.
And they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites carrying it, then you shall leave from your place, and go after it.