Exodus 19:21

New American Bible - revised edition

Then the Lord told Moses: Go down and warn the people not to break through to the Lord in order to see him; otherwise many of them will be struck down.

Cross References

Exodus 3:3

So Moses decided, “I must turn aside to look at this remarkable sight. Why does the bush not burn up?”

Exodus 3:5

God said: Do not come near! Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.

Exodus 33:20

But you cannot see my face, for no one can see me and live.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Be not hasty in your utterance and let not your heart be quick to utter a promise in God’s presence. God is in heaven and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few.

Numbers 4:15

Only after Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sacred objects and all their utensils on breaking camp, can the Kohathites enter to carry them. But they shall not touch the sacred objects; if they do they will die. These, then, are the objects in the tent of meeting that the Kohathites shall carry.

Numbers 4:18

Do not let the group of Kohathite clans perish from among the Levites.

Numbers 4:19

That they may live and not die when they approach the most sacred objects, this is what you shall do for them: Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign to each of them his task and what he must carry;

Numbers 4:20

but the Kohathites shall not go in to look upon the sacred objects even for an instant, or they will die.

Deuteronomy 5:5

while I was standing between the Lord and you at that time, to announce to you these words of the Lord, since you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain: The Decalogue.

1 Samuel 6:19

The descendants of Jeconiah did not join in the celebration with the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh when they saw the ark of the Lord, and seventy of them were struck down. The people mourned over this great calamity which the Lord had inflicted upon them.