Exodus 19:21

New International Reader's Version

The Lord said to him, “Go down and warn the people. They must not force their way through to see the Lord. If they do, many of them will die.

Cross References

Exodus 3:3

So Moses thought, “I’ll go over and see this strange sight. Why doesn’t the bush burn up?”

Exodus 3:5

“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals. The place you are standing on is holy ground.”

Exodus 33:20

But you can’t see my face,” he said. “No one can see me and stay alive.”

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Be careful what you say when you go to God’s house. Go there to listen. Don’t be like foolish people when you offer your sacrifice. They do what is wrong and don’t even know it.

Numbers 4:15

“Aaron and his sons must cover all the holy things that belong to the holy tent. Only then are the men of Kohath to come and carry everything. They must do so only when the camp is ready to move. But they must not touch the holy things. If they do, they will die. The men of Kohath must carry everything in the tent of meeting.

Numbers 4:18

“Make sure that the Kohath families are not destroyed from among the Levites.

Numbers 4:19

I want them to live and not die when they come near the very holy things. So here is what you must do for them. Aaron and his sons must go into the sacred tent and tell each man what to do. They must tell each man what to carry.

Numbers 4:20

But the men of Kohath must not go in and look at the holy things. They must not look at them even for a moment. If they do, they will die.”

Deuteronomy 5:5

At that time I stood between the Lord and you. I announced to you the Lord’s message. I did it because you were afraid of the fire. You didn’t go up the mountain. The Lord said,

1 Samuel 6:19

But some of the people of Beth Shemesh looked into the ark of the Lord. So he struck them down. He put 70 of them to death. The rest of the people were filled with sorrow. That’s because the Lord had killed so many of them.