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Exodus 19:22
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20 Then the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
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.
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Exodus 19:22

Here, sanctify does not mean "consecrate" or "purify." Remember that they were already cleaned up by this time. In this context, it means "set apart." The priests were to separate themselves or get away.

John W. Ritenbaugh
New Covenant Priesthood (Part One)

Related Topics: Consecration | Consecration of Priests | Purification | Purification of Priests | Sanctify as Set Apart | Separate from World | Separation from the World | Set Apart



Exodus 19:22-25

Deuteronomy 5:4-5 further expounds on this. The people's rejection was at least partly based on their own accurate recognition of their sinfulness. Despite the fact that they were cleaned up, their recognition of their sinfulness—when confronted with God's holiness, which was demonstrated by the mountain quaking, lightning cracking huge peals of thunder, and the trumpet blaring—was why God accepted their proposal immediately. "Stop them from coming any closer," He told Moses. Therefore, their refusal to draw near to God was based on a correct assessment of their unacceptability to do the job of a priest—despite the fact that they had cleansed themselves and their clothing, externally.

John W. Ritenbaugh
New Covenant Priesthood (Part One)

Related Topics: Israel's Refusal at Mount Sinai | New Covenant Priesthood | Recognition of Sin | Recognition of Sinfulness | Refusal to Draw Near to God | Sin, Recognition of Enormity of


 
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