20 The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up, 21 and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish. 22 Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.”
Exodus 19:20–22
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Exodus 24:1–3
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Exodus 19:9–11
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Exodus 19:2–4
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Exodus 20:21–23
21 And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was. 22 Then the LORD said to Moses, “This is what you are to tell the Israelites: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven. 23 You are not to make any gods…
Exodus 24:11–13
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Exodus 19:13–15
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Exodus 32:6–8
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Leviticus 22:1–2
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