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Exodus 19:23
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21 And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through ato gaze at the Lord, and many of them perish.  
22 Also let the apriests who come near the Lord bconsecrate themselves, lest the Lord cbreak out against them.”  
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.’ ”  
24 Then the Lord said to him, “Away! Get down and then come up, you and Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the Lord, lest He break out against them.”
25 So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Exodus 19:23

The people cannot come up - Either because they had been so solemnly forbidden that they would not dare, with the penalty of instant death before their eyes, to transgress the Divine command; or the bounds which were set about the mount were such as rendered their passing them physically impossible.

And sanctify it - vekiddashio . Here the word kadash is taken in its proper literal sense, signifying the separating of a thing, person or place, from all profane or common uses, and devoting it to sacred purposes.


 
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