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The LORD Visits Sinai

Exodus 19:22

In 11 translations

BSB
Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.”
KJV
And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
WEB
Let the priests also, who come near to Yahweh, sanctify themselves, lest Yahweh break out on them.”
ASV
And let the priests also, that come near to Jehovah, sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth upon them.
LSV
and also the priests who are coming near to YHWH sanctify themselves, lest YHWH break forth on them.”
YLT
and also the priests who are coming nigh unto Jehovah do sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth on them.'
DBY
And the priests also, who come near to Jehovah, shall hallow themselves, lest Jehovah break forth on them.
DRC
The priests also that come to the Lord, let them be sanctified, lest he strike them.
GNV
And let the Priestes also which come to the Lord be sanctified, least the Lord destroy them.
JPS
And let the priests also, that come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.'
LXXE
And let the priests that draw nigh to the Lord God sanctify themselves, lest he destroy some of them.Gr. change. ἀπαλλατέω is used in this sense elsewhere. q. d. lest he remove by destroying.

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WLC
וְגַ֧ם הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים הַנִּגָּשִׁ֥ים אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה יִתְקַדָּ֑שׁוּ פֶּן־יִפְרֹ֥ץ בָּהֶ֖ם יְהוָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ οἱ ἱερεῖς οἱ ἐγγίζοντες Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ἁγιασθήτωσαν, μήποτε ἀπαλλάξῃ ἀπʼ αὐτῶν Κύριος.

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  • Sinai and the Ten Commandments After leaving Egypt, Israel camps at Sinai, where God gives commandments amid thunder, smoke and a trembling mountain. Beginning with his re…

Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 24:5Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
  • Exodus 19:5Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
  • 2 Chronicles 30:18–19A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the…
  • 2 Chronicles 30:3since they had been unable to observe it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem.
  • Exodus 19:14–15When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes. “Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”
  • 2 Chronicles 30:15And on the fourteenth day of the second month they slaughtered the Passover lamb. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.
  • 1 Chronicles 15:13It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.”
  • Acts 5:5On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.
  • Acts 5:10At that instant she fell down at his feet and died. Then the young men came in and, finding her dead, carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
  • Isaiah 52:11Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
  • 1 Chronicles 13:9–11When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled. And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and He struck him down because he had put his…
  • Leviticus 10:1–3Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command. So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and…
  • 1 Corinthians 11:30–32That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment. But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined…
  • 2 Samuel 6:6–8When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled. And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for…

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