Exodus 19:21-24
Read Exodus 19 in full →21Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go down, 1warn the people, lest athey break through to Yahweh to see, and many of them 2perish. 22“Also let the apriests who come near to Yahweh set themselves apart as holy, lest Yahweh break out against them.” 23And Moses said to Yahweh, “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for You 1warned us, saying, ‘aSet bounds about the mountain, and set it apart as holy.’” 24Then Yahweh said to him, “1Go down and come up again, ayou and Aaron with you; but do not let the bpriests and the people break through to come up to Yahweh, lest He break out against them.”