Exodus 19:10-15

Israel at Mount Sinai

10 the Lord said to Moses, "Go to the people and e consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them f wash their garments 11 and be ready for the third day. For on the third day g the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. 12 And you shall set limits for the people all around, saying, 'Take care not to go up into the mountain or touch the edge of it. h Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death. 13 No hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot; 1 whether beast or man, he shall not live.' When i the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain." 14 So Moses j went down from the mountain to the people and e consecrated the people; f and they washed their garments. 15 And he said to the people, "Be ready for the k third day; l do not go near a woman."

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:44 - 45
    For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground.
    Joshua 3:5
    Then Joshua said to the people, "Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 35:2
    So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments.
    Leviticus 15:5
    And anyone who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and be unclean until the evening.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 34:5
    The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.
    Deuteronomy 33:2
    He said, "The Lord came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon us; he shone forth from Mount Paran; he came from the ten thousands of holy ones, with flaming fire at his right hand.
  4. Cross References
    Hebrews 12:20
    For they could not endure the order that was given, "If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 19:16
    On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
    Exodus 19:19
    And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 19:3
    While Moses went up to God. The Lord called to him out of the mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel:
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 19:10
    The Lord said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 19:10
    The Lord said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 19:11
    And be ready for the third day. For on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
  10. Cross References
    1 Samuel 21:4 - 5
    And the priest answered David, "I have no common bread on hand, but there is holy bread - if the young men have kept themselves from women.
    1 Corinthians 7:5
    Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
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