World English Bible

Exodus 19:21

“Yahweh said to Moses, "Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to Yahweh to gaze, and many of them perish.”

Verse in context — Exodus 19

When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.

Yahweh came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Yahweh called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

Yahweh said to Moses, "Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to Yahweh to gaze, and many of them perish.

Let the priests also, who come near to Yahweh, sanctify themselves, lest Yahweh break forth on them.

Moses said to Yahweh, "The people can't come up to Mount Sinai, for you warned us, saying, 'Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify it.

God delivers Israel from Egypt, gives the Ten Commandments, and establishes His covenant with His people.