Exodus 19:12 · Clearspring

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WEBBE

You shall set bounds to the people all around, saying, ‘Be careful that you don’t go up onto the mountain, or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death.

BSB

And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

KJV

And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

ASV

And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

BBE

And let limits be marked out for the people round the mountain, and say to them, Take care not to go up the mountain or near the sides of it: whoever puts his foot on the mountain will certainly come to his death:

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וְהִגְבַּלְתָּ ve·hig·bal·ta and you will set a boundary for H1379 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הָעָם ha·'am the people H5971 סָבִיב sa·viv all around H5439 לֵאמֹר le·mor (to) saying H559 הִשָּׁמְרוּ hi·sha·me·ru take heed H8104 לָכֶם la·khem to (the) yourselves H9036 עֲלוֹת a·lot to go up H5927 בָּהָר ba·har on the mountain H2022 וּנְגֹעַ u·ne·go·a' and to touch H5060 בְּקָצֵהוּ be·ka·tze·hu (in) edge its H7097 כָּל־ kol- every H3605 הַנֹּגֵעַ ha·no·ge·a' (the) [one who] touches H5060 בָּהָר ba·har (in) the mountain H2022 מוֹת mot certainly (to die) H4191 יוּמָת yu·mat he will be put to death H4191

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 9–15

The solemn manner in which the law was delivered, was to impress the people with a right sense of the Divine majesty. Also to convince them of their own guilt, and to show that they could not stand in judgment before God by their own obedience. In the law, the sinner discovers what he ought to be, what he is, and what he wants. There he learns the nature, necessity, and glory of redemption, and of being made holy. Having been taught to flee to Christ, and to love him, the law is the rule of his obedience and faith.

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