¹² You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, ‘Take heed to yourselves that you do not go up to the mountain or touch its base. ^(A)Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

²⁰ (For they could not endure what was commanded: ^(A)“And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned ^[a]or shot with an arrow.” ²¹ And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, ^(B)“I am exceedingly afraid and trembling.”)

^4 (A)Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before.”

⁹ Only take heed to yourself, and diligently ^(A)keep yourself, lest you ^(B)forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And ^(C)teach them to your children and your grandchildren,

⁴ And command the people, saying, ^(A)“You are about to pass through the territory of ^(B)your brethren, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Therefore watch yourselves carefully.

^12 (A)Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be a snare in your midst.

²³ But Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai; for You warned us, saying, ^(A)‘Set bounds around the mountain and consecrate it.’ ”

²¹ And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through ^(A)to gaze at the Lord, and many of them perish.

²⁸ Then Pharaoh said to him, ^(A)“Get away from me! Take heed to yourself and see my face no more! For in the day you see my face you shall die!”