Exodus 19:21-23

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²¹ The Lord directed Moses, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the Lord; otherwise many of them will die.^{(A) 22} Even the priests who come near the Lord must purify themselves or the Lord will break out in anger against them.”^(B)

²³ But Moses responded to the Lord, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, since You warned us: Put a boundary around the mountain and consider it holy.”