Exodus 3:5

New International Version

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

Cross References

Exodus 19:12

Put limits for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful that you do not approach the mountain or touch the foot of it. Whoever touches the mountain is to be put to death.

Exodus 19:21

and the Lord said to him, “Go down and warn the people so they do not force their way through to see the Lord and many of them perish.

Exodus 4:28

Then Moses told Aaron everything the Lord had sent him to say, and also about all the signs he had commanded him to perform.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

Jeremiah 30:21

Their leader will be one of their own; their ruler will arise from among them. I will bring him near and he will come close to me— for who is he who will devote himself to be close to me?’ declares the Lord.

Leviticus 10:3

Moses then said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke of when he said: “ ‘Among those who approach me I will be proved holy; in the sight of all the people I will be honored.’ ” Aaron remained silent.

Acts 7:33

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

Deuteronomy 23:14

For the Lord your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you.

Hebrews 12:20

because they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.”

Joshua 5:15

The commander of the Lord’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

2 Peter 1:18

We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.