²¹ and the Lord said to him, “Go down and warn the people so they do not force their way through to see^(A) the Lord and many of them perish.^{(B) 22} Even the priests, who approach^(C) the Lord, must consecrate^(D) themselves, or the Lord will break out against them.”^(E)

²³ Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai,^(F) because you yourself warned us, ‘Put limits^(G) around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”