Not a hand is to touch it, but he will surely be stoned or shot through. Whether it is an animal or a man, it will not live.’ When the shofar sounds, they may come up to the mountain.”
Exodus 19:17 - Tree of Life Version Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the lowest part of the mountain. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Moses brought the people from the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. American Standard Version (1901) And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. Common English Bible Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their place at the foot of the mountain. Catholic Public Domain Version And when Moses had led them out to meet God, from the place of the camp, they stood at the base of the mountain. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when Moses had brought them forth to meet God from the place of the camp, they stood at the bottom of the mount. |
Not a hand is to touch it, but he will surely be stoned or shot through. Whether it is an animal or a man, it will not live.’ When the shofar sounds, they may come up to the mountain.”
In the morning of the third day, there was thundering and lightning, a thick cloud on the mountain, and the blast of an exceedingly loud shofar. All the people in the camp trembled.
Now the entire Mount Sinai was in smoke, because Adonai had descended upon it in fire. The smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace. The whole mountain quaked greatly.
So they brought what Moses commanded before the Tent of Meeting, and the entire congregation drew near and stood before Adonai.
“This is the one who was in the community in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. He received living words to pass on to us.
The day that you stood before Adonai your God in Horeb, Adonai said to me, ‘Gather the people to Me and I will make them hear My words, so that they learn to fear Me all the days that they live on the earth, and so that they teach their children.’
“You came near and stood at the bottom of the mountain while the mountain was blazing with fire up to the heart of the heavens—darkness, cloud, and fog.
(I was standing between Adonai and you at that time, to tell you the word of Adonai, because you were afraid because of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) ‘He said: