So Moses decided to go closer to the bush and see how a bush could continue burning without being destroyed.
Exodus 19:21 - Easy To Read Version The Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people not to come near me and look at me. If they do this, then many people will die. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord said to Moses, Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the Lord to gaze and many of them perish. American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish. Common English Bible The LORD said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to try to see the LORD, or many of them will fall dead. Catholic Public Domain Version he said to him: "Descend, and call the people to witness, lest they might be willing to transgress the limits, so as to see the Lord, and a very great multitude of them might perish. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He said unto him: Go down, and charge the people; lest they should have a mind to pass the limits to see the Lord, and a very great multitude of them should perish. |
So Moses decided to go closer to the bush and see how a bush could continue burning without being destroyed.
Then the Lord said, “Don’t come any closer. Take off your sandals. You are standing on holy ground.
But you can’t see my face. No person can see me and continue to live.
Be very careful when you go to worship God. It is better to listen \{to God\} than to give sacrifices {\cf2\super [23]} like foolish people. Foolish people often do bad things, and they don’t even know it.
“Aaron and his sons must finish covering all the holy things in the Holy Place. [62] Then the men from the Kohath family can go in and begin carrying those things. In this way, they will not touch the Holy Place and die.
You must do these things so that the Kohathite men can go near the Most Holy Place [68] and not die. Aaron and his sons must go in and show each Kohathite man what to do. They must give each man the things he needs to carry.
If you do not do this, then the Kohathite men might go in and look at the holy things. If they look at those things, even for a moment, then they must die.”
But you were afraid of the fire. And you did not go up the mountain. So I stood between the Lord and you to tell you what the Lord said. The Lord said:
But there were no priests [80] there, and the men of Beth Shemesh looked at the Holy Box of the Lord. So God killed 70 men from Beth Shemesh. The people of Beth Shemesh cried because the Lord punished them so severely.