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Exodus 19:23

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19:23Moses said to the Lord, “The people are not able to come up to Mount Sinai, because you solemnly warned us,41 ‘Set boundaries for the mountain and set it apart.’ ”42

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Footnotes

  1. 41 The construction is emphatic: “because you—you solemnly warned us.” Moses’ response to God is to ask how they would break through when God had already charged them not to. God knew them better than Moses did.
  2. 42 Heb “sanctify it.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for you yourself warned us, saying, ‘Set limits around the mountain and consecrate it.’ ”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, because you yourself warned us, ‘Put limits around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Moses responded to the Lord, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, since you warned us: Put a boundary around the mountain and consecrate it.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“But Lord,” Moses protested, “the people cannot come up to Mount Sinai. You already warned us. You told me, ‘Mark off a boundary all around the mountain to set it apart as holy.’ ”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Moses said to Yahweh, “The people are not able to go up to Mount Sinai, because you yourself warned us, saying, ‘Set limits around the mountain and consecrate it.’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

And Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.