Exodus 3:5

Modern English Version

He said, “Do not come near. Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”

Cross References

Exodus 19:12

You shall set boundaries for the people all around, saying, ‘Take heed to yourselves so that you not go up onto the mountain or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death.

Exodus 19:21

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, warn the people, lest they force their way to the Lord to look, and many of them perish.

Exodus 4:28

Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him, and all the signs which He had commanded him.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps when you enter the house of God. Drawing near to obey is better than the sacrifice of fools, because they do not know that they are committing evil.

Jeremiah 30:21

Their leader shall be one of them, and their ruler shall proceed from their midst; and I will cause him to draw near and he will approach Me; for who is this that dares to approach Me? says the Lord.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke, saying: ‘I will be sanctified by those who come near Me; and before all the people I will be glorified.’ ” And Aaron held his peace.

Acts 7:33

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

Deuteronomy 23:14

For the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you, and to defeat your enemies before you. Therefore, your camp must be holy, so that He does not see any indecent thing among you, and turn away from you.

Hebrews 12:20

For they could not endure that which was commanded: “If so much as a beast touches the mountain, it must be stoned or thrust through with a spear.”

Joshua 5:15

The commander of the army of the Lord said to Joshua, “Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” So Joshua did this.

2 Peter 1:18

And we ourselves heard this voice, which came from heaven, when we were with Him on the holy mountain.