Moses thought, “I will go now, and see this great sight. Why is the bush not burnt?”
Exodus 19:21 - Tree of Life Version Then Adonai said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to see Adonai, and many of them 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. |
Moses thought, “I will go now, and see this great sight. Why is the bush not burnt?”
Then He said, “Come no closer. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
But He also said, “You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live.”
Do not be quick with your mouth nor hasty in your heart to utter a word in God’s presence. For God is in heaven, and you are on the earth— therefore, let your words be few.
“When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the Sanctuary and all its holy implements, and when the camp is ready to move out, after this the sons of Kohath may come to do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy items or they will die. These are the task of the sons of Kohath with regard to the Tent of Meeting.
“You are not to let the families of the tribe of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites.
Do this for them so that they may live and not die whenever they approach the most holy items–-Aaron and his sons are to go into the Sanctuary and assign each man his job and his responsibility.
But the Kohathites are not to go in to look at what is holy, not even momentarily, or they will die.”
(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:
Then He struck down some of the men of Beth-shemesh because they had gazed into the ark of Adonai. He struck down the people—70 out of 50,000 men—the people mourned because Adonai had struck the people a great slaughter.