Exodus 19:21-23

Evangelical Heritage Version

²¹ The Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the Lord. If they do, many of them will fall. ²² Even the priests, who approach the Lord, must consecrate themselves so that the Lord does not break out against them.”

²³ Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, because you warned, ‘Set boundaries around the mountain and treat it as holy.’”