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No person or animal shall be permitted to live.&#8217 Only when the ram&#8217s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/exodus/19.htm">New Living Translation</a> No hand may touch the person or animal that crosses the boundary; instead, stone them or shoot them with arrows. They must be put to death.’ However, when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast, then the people may go up on the mountain.” <a href="/esv/exodus/19.htm">English Standard Version</a> No hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot; whether beast or man, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.” <a href="/bsb/exodus/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.” <a href="/kjv/exodus/19.htm">King James Bible</a> There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/19.htm">New King James Version</a> Not a hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with an arrow; whether man or beast, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come near the mountain.” <a href="/nasb_/exodus/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> No hand shall touch him, but he shall certainly be stoned or shot through; whether animal or person, the violator shall not live.’ When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.” <a href="/nasb/exodus/19.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether beast or man, he shall not live.&#8217 When the ram&#8217s horn sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/exodus/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether beast or man, he shall not live.’ When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.” <a href="/lsb/exodus/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or surely shot through; whether beast or man, he shall not live.’ When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.” <a href="/amp/exodus/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a> No hand shall touch him [that is, no one shall try to save the guilty party], but the offender must be stoned or shot through [with arrows]; whether man or animal [that touches the mountain], he shall not live.’ When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.” <a href="/csb/exodus/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> No hand may touch him; instead he will be stoned or shot with arrows and not live, whether animal or human. When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast, they may go up the mountain.” <a href="/hcsb/exodus/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> No hand may touch him; instead he will be stoned or shot with arrows. No animal or man will live. When the ram&#8217s horn sounds a long blast, they may go up the mountain.&#8221 <a href="/asv/exodus/19.htm">American Standard Version</a> no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, he shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. <a href="/cev/exodus/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> either with stones or arrows, and no one must touch the body of the person being put to death in this way. Even an animal that touches this mountain must be put to death. You may go up the mountain only after a signal is given on the trumpet. <a href="/erv/exodus/19.htm">English Revised Version</a> no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. <a href="/gwt/exodus/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> No one should touch them. They must be stoned or shot with arrows. No matter whether it's an animal or a person, it must not live. The people may go up the mountain [only] when the ram's horn sounds a long blast." <a href="/gnt/exodus/19.htm">Good News Translation</a> you must either be stoned or shot with arrows, without anyone touching you. This applies to both people and animals; they must be put to death. But when the trumpet is blown, then the people are to go up to the mountain." <a href="/isv/exodus/19.htm">International Standard Version</a> No hand is to touch that person, but he is certainly to be stoned or shot; whether animal or person, he is not to live.' They are to approach the mountain only when the ram's horn sounds a long blast." <a href="/msb/exodus/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows?whether man or beast, he must not live.? Only when the ram?s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.? <a href="/net/exodus/19.htm">NET Bible</a> No hand will touch him--but he will surely be stoned or shot through, whether a beast or a human being; he must not live.' When the ram's horn sounds a long blast they may go up on the mountain." <a href="/nheb/exodus/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether it is animal or man, he shall not live.' When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come up to the mountain." <a href="/wbt/exodus/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> There shall not a hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through: whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. <a href="/web/exodus/19.htm">World English Bible</a> No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether it is animal or man, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come up to the mountain.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> a hand does not come against him, for he is certainly stoned or shot through, whether beast or man—it does not live; in the prolonging of the ram’s horn they go up into the mountain.” <a href="/ylt/exodus/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> a hand cometh not against him, for he is certainly stoned or shot through, whether beast or man it liveth not; in the drawing out of the jubilee cornet they go up into the mount.' <a href="/slt/exodus/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> No hand shall touch upon it, for being stoned, he shall be stoned, or being shot, shall be shot; whether quadruped or man, it shall not live: in protracting the shouting, they shall go up upon the mount.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> No hands shall touch him, but he shall be stoned to death, or shall be shot through with arrows: whether it be beast, or man, he shall not live. When the trumpet shall begin to sound, then let them go up into the mount. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Hands shall not touch him, but he shall be crushed with stones, or he shall be pierced through with darts. Whether it be a beast or a man, he shall not live. For when the trumpet begins to sound, perhaps they might go up toward the mountain.” <a href="/nabre/exodus/19.htm">New American Bible</a> No hand shall touch them, but they must be stoned to death or killed with arrows. Whether human being or beast, they must not be allowed to live. Only when the ram’s horn sounds may they go up on the mountain. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> No hand shall touch them, but they shall be stoned or shot with arrows; whether animal or human being, they shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they may go up on the mountain.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> No hand shall touch it, but he shall surely be stoned and hurled down; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live; when the trumpet is silent, then you are permitted to ascend the mountain. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> A hand shall not come near it lest, being stoned, one will be stoned, and shot, he will be shot; if it is a beast or if a son of man, he shall not live, and when the trumpet has been silent, you are allowed to go up the mountain.’”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live; when the ram's horn soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.' <a href="/sep/exodus/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> A hand shall not touch it, for every one that touches shall be stoned with stones or shot through with a dart, whether beast or whether man, it shall not live: when the voices and trumpets and cloud depart from off the mountain, they shall come up on the mountain. <a href="/parallel/exodus/19-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=4822" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/19.htm">Israel at Mount Sinai</a> …12And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death. 13<a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">No</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yāḏ (N-fs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/5060.htm" title="5060: ṯig·ga‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. Lay the hand upon; by implication, to reach; violently, to strike.">shall touch</a> <a href="/hebrew/bōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">but</a> <a href="/hebrew/5619.htm" title="5619: sā·qō·wl (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To stone, put to death by stoning. A primitive root; properly, to be weighty; but used only in the sense of lapidation or its contrary.">he shall surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/5619.htm" title="5619: yis·sā·qêl (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To stone, put to death by stoning. A primitive root; properly, to be weighty; but used only in the sense of lapidation or its contrary.">be stoned</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw- (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/3384.htm" title="3384: yā·rōh (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- Or yara; a primitive root; properly, to flow as water; transitively, to lay or throw; figuratively, to point out, to teach.">shot</a> <a href="/hebrew/3384.htm" title="3384: yî·yā·reh (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- Or yara; a primitive root; properly, to flow as water; transitively, to lay or throw; figuratively, to point out, to teach.">with arrows—</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">whether</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">man</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: bə·hê·māh (N-fs) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">beast,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">he must not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: yiḥ·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive.">live.’</a> <a href="/hebrew/3104.htm" title="3104: hay·yō·ḇêl (Art:: N-ms) -- A ram, ram's horn (a wind instrument). ">Only when the ram’s horn</a> <a href="/hebrew/4900.htm" title="4900: bim·šōḵ (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To draw, drag. A primitive root; to draw, used in a great variety of applications.">sounds a long blast</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm·māh (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">may they</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ya·‘ă·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">approach</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: ḇā·hār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">the mountain.”</a> 14When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hebrews/12-18.htm">Hebrews 12:18-21</a> For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm; / to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken. / For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.” ... <a href="/numbers/3-10.htm">Numbers 3:10</a> So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.” <a href="/numbers/4-15.htm">Numbers 4:15</a> When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting. <a href="/numbers/16-35.htm">Numbers 16:35</a> And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-11.htm">Deuteronomy 4:11-12</a> You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness. / And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words but saw no form; there was only a voice. <a href="/deuteronomy/5-22.htm">Deuteronomy 5:22-26</a> The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. / And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me, / and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him. ... <a href="/joshua/6-20.htm">Joshua 6:20-21</a> So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it. / With the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys. <a href="/1_samuel/6-19.htm">1 Samuel 6:19</a> But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter. <a href="/2_samuel/6-6.htm">2 Samuel 6:6-7</a> When 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 his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God. <a href="/1_kings/8-10.htm">1 Kings 8:10-11</a> And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD / so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD. <a href="/2_chronicles/5-13.htm">2 Chronicles 5:13-14</a> The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud / so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of God. <a href="/isaiah/6-4.htm">Isaiah 6:4-5</a> At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke. / Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.” <a href="/ezekiel/1-24.htm">Ezekiel 1:24</a> When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings like the roar of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty, like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings. <a href="/ezekiel/10-5.htm">Ezekiel 10:5</a> The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks. <a href="/matthew/17-5.htm">Matthew 17:5-6</a> While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!” / When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown in terror.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet sounds long, they shall come up to the mount.whether<a href="/exodus/21-28.htm">Exodus 21:28,29</a> If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit… <a href="/leviticus/20-15.htm">Leviticus 20:15,16</a> And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast… when the trumpet, or cornet<a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16,19</a> And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled… <a href="/1_corinthians/15-52.htm">1 Corinthians 15:52</a> In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.<a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16</a> For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/13-15.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-20.htm">Arrow</a> <a href="/genesis/49-23.htm">Arrows</a> <a href="/exodus/13-15.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/exodus/15-8.htm">Blast</a> <a href="/exodus/19-12.htm">Death</a> <a href="/genesis/33-3.htm">Drawing</a> <a href="/exodus/2-19.htm">Drawn</a> <a href="/exodus/18-11.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/revelation/10-7.htm">Horn</a> <a href="/joshua/6-4.htm">Jubilee</a> <a href="/exodus/12-48.htm">Live</a> <a href="/exodus/19-12.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/exodus/19-12.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/exodus/18-24.htm">Note</a> <a href="/revelation/19-8.htm">Permitted</a> <a href="/psalms/98-6.htm">Ram's</a> <a href="/genesis/49-23.htm">Shot</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-11.htm">Soundeth</a> <a href="/revelation/16-18.htm">Sounds</a> <a href="/exodus/17-4.htm">Stoned</a> <a href="/exodus/19-12.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/exodus/19-12.htm">Touch</a> <a href="/exodus/4-25.htm">Touched</a> <a href="/revelation/18-22.htm">Trumpet</a> <a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Whether</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/21-34.htm">Animal</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-21.htm">Arrow</a> <a href="/numbers/21-30.htm">Arrows</a> <a href="/exodus/21-34.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">Blast</a> <a href="/exodus/20-13.htm">Death</a> <a href="/exodus/30-20.htm">Drawing</a> <a href="/exodus/20-21.htm">Drawn</a> <a href="/exodus/21-13.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">Horn</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-9.htm">Jubilee</a> <a href="/exodus/20-12.htm">Live</a> <a href="/exodus/19-14.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/exodus/19-14.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-4.htm">Note</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Permitted</a> <a href="/exodus/29-22.htm">Ram's</a> <a href="/numbers/21-30.htm">Shot</a> <a href="/job/39-25.htm">Soundeth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Sounds</a> <a href="/exodus/21-28.htm">Stoned</a> <a href="/exodus/21-12.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/exodus/20-25.htm">Touch</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-19.htm">Touched</a> <a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">Trumpet</a> <a href="/exodus/21-16.htm">Whether</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 19</div>1. <a href="/exodus/19-1.htm">The people arrive at Sinai</a> 3. <a href="/exodus/19-3.htm">God's message by Moses unto the people out of the mount</a> 8. <a href="/exodus/19-8.htm">The people are prepared against the third day, for the giving of the law</a> 12. <a href="/exodus/19-12.htm">The mountain must not be touched</a> 16. <a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">The fearful presence of God upon the mount</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The prohibition against touching signifies the separation between the divine and the profane. In the ancient Near Eastern context, physical contact with sacred objects or places was often restricted to prevent defilement. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God's holiness and the need for purity when approaching Him.but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows The prescribed methods of execution—stoning or shooting with arrows—indicate the seriousness of the offense. Stoning was a common form of capital punishment in ancient Israel, often used for severe transgressions against God's law. The use of arrows suggests a need to maintain distance, reinforcing the idea that the mountain is a holy place that must not be defiled by human touch.whether man or beast, he must not live. This clause underscores the absolute nature of the command. Both humans and animals are subject to the same penalty, highlighting the comprehensive scope of God's holiness. The inclusion of animals suggests that the sanctity of the mountain is so great that even unintentional breaches by creatures are intolerable. This reflects the broader biblical principle that all creation is accountable to God's standards.Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast The ram's horn, or shofar, is a significant instrument in biblical tradition, often used to signal important events or divine interventions. The long blast serves as a divine signal that the people may approach, indicating a temporary suspension of the prohibition. This use of the shofar connects to other biblical instances where it marks moments of revelation or judgment, such as the fall of Jericho (<a href="/joshua/6-4.htm">Joshua 6:4-5</a>).may they approach the mountain. The permission to approach the mountain is conditional and time-bound, emphasizing the need for obedience to God's instructions. This approach is not casual but is a divinely orchestrated event, reflecting the covenant relationship between God and Israel. The mountain, as the site of divine revelation, foreshadows other significant biblical mountains, such as Mount Zion, and ultimately points to the access to God made possible through Jesus Christ, who fulfills the law and the prophets.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a> The mountain where God gave the Law to Moses and the Israelites. It is a place of divine revelation and covenant. 2. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to deliver His people from Egypt and to mediate the covenant at Sinai. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, who are being prepared to receive the Law and enter into a covenant relationship with Him. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The sovereign Lord who establishes His covenant with Israel and sets the terms for approaching His holy presence. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_ram's_horn.htm">The Ram’s Horn (Shofar)</a> A trumpet-like instrument used in ancient Israel, often associated with significant religious events and the presence of God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/r/reverence_for_god's_holiness.htm">Reverence for God's Holiness</a> The command not to touch the mountain underscores the holiness of God and the need for reverence. We must approach God with respect and awe, recognizing His purity and our own sinfulness. <a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_disobedience.htm">The Seriousness of Disobedience</a> The severe penalty for touching the mountain highlights the seriousness of disobedience to God's commands. It serves as a reminder that sin has consequences and that we must strive to live in obedience to God's Word. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_mediators.htm">The Role of Mediators</a> Moses acted as a mediator between God and the Israelites. This foreshadows the ultimate mediation of Jesus Christ, who allows us to approach God with confidence through His sacrifice. <a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_divine_signals.htm">The Significance of Divine Signals</a> The ram’s horn signals a divine moment, a call to attention and readiness. In our lives, we should be attentive to the ways God communicates with us, whether through Scripture, prayer, or circumstances. <a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_divine_encounter.htm">Preparation for Divine Encounter</a> The Israelites were instructed to prepare for God's presence. Similarly, we should prepare our hearts and minds to encounter God, ensuring we are spiritually ready to receive His guidance and blessings.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 19</a> <a href="/q/what_happened_on_mount_sinai.htm">What occurred when Moses was on Mount Sinai?</a> <a href="/q/did_job's_words_contain_any_sin.htm">What is the significance of Mount Sinai?</a> <a href="/q/are_joseph's_bones_leaving_egypt_recorded.htm">Exodus 13:19 - Is there any archeological or historical record confirming that Joseph's bones were transported out of Egypt?</a> <a href="/q/how_trust_moses'_solo_encounter_with_god.htm">Exodus 19:20-21: How can we trust the account of God and Moses on the mountain when only Moses is said to have witnessed this encounter directly?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) There shall not an hand touch it.--This translation gives an entirely wrong sense. The meaning is, beyond all doubt, "There shall not a hand touch him," i.e., the transgressor. To stop him and seize him, another person must have transgressed the bounds, and so have repeated the act which was forbidden. This course was to be avoided, and punishment was to be inflicted on the transgressor by stoning him, or transfixing him with arrows, from within the barrier.Whether it be beast or man.--Though beasts are innocent of wrong-doing, and are thus no proper objects of punishment, yet the law of God requires their slaughter in certain eases--e.g. (1) when they are dangerous (<a href="/exodus/21-28.htm" title="If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.">Exodus 21:28</a>); (2) when they have become polluted (<a href="/leviticus/20-15.htm" title="And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and you shall slay the beast.">Leviticus 20:15</a>); (3) When their owner's sin is appropriately punished through their loss (<a href="/exodus/13-13.htm" title="And every firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among your children shall you redeem.">Exodus 13:13</a>). In the present case, it could only be through the culpable carelessness of an owner that a beast could get inside the barrier.When the trumpet soundeth long.--Comp. <a href="/exodus/19-19.htm" title="And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.">Exodus 19:19</a>.They shall come up to the mount.--Rather, into the mount. The expression used is identical with that of the preceding verse, and there rendered "go up into the mount." Thus the act forbidden in <a href="/exodus/19-12.htm" title="And you shall set bounds to the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that you go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whoever touches the mount shall be surely put to death:">Exodus 19:12</a> is allowed in <a href="/exodus/19-13.htm" title="There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet sounds long, they shall come up to the mount.">Exodus 19:13</a>; it is not, however, allowed to the same persons. The word "they" (hemah) in this present place is emphatic, and refers to certain privileged persons, as Moses and Aaron (<a href="/exodus/19-24.htm" title="And the LORD said to him, Away, get you down, and you shall come up, you, and Aaron with you: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest he break forth on them.">Exodus 19:24</a>), not to the people generally. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - There shall not an hand touch it. Rather, "there shall not an hand touch him." The transgressor shall not be seized and apprehended, for that would involve the repetition of the offence by his arrester, who must overpass the "bounds" set by Moses, in order to make the arrest. Instead of seizing him, they were to kill him with stones or arrows from within the "bounds," and the same was to be done, if any stray beast approached the mountain. When the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. By translating the same Hebrew phrase differently here and in verse 12, the A. V. avoids the difficulty which most commentators see in this passage. According to the apparent construction, the people are first told that they may, on no account, ascend the mountain (ver. ,12), and then that they may do so, so soon as the trumpet sounds long (ver. 13). But they do not ascend at that time (ver. 19), nor are they allowed to do so - on the contrary, Moses is charged anew to prevent it (ver. 21-25); nor indeed do the people ever ascend, but only Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the seventy eiders (<a href="/exodus/24-1.htm">Exodus 24:1, 2</a>). What, then, is the permission here given? When we scrutinise the passage closely, we observe that the pronoun "they" is in the Hebrew, emphatic, and, therefore, unlikely to refer to "the people" of ver. 12. To whom then does it refer? Not, certainly, to "the Elders" of ver. 7, which would be too remote an antecedent, but to those chosen persons who are in the writer's mind, whom God was about to allow to ascend. Even these were not allowed to go up until summoned by the prolonged blast of the trumpet. <a href="/commentaries/exodus/19-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>No לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no hand יָ֗ד (yāḏ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand shall touch him, תִגַּ֨ע (ṯig·ga‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5060.htm">Strong's 5060: </a> To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike but כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction he shall surely סָק֤וֹל (sā·qō·wl) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5619.htm">Strong's 5619: </a> To stone, put to death by stoning be stoned יִסָּקֵל֙ (yis·sā·qêl) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5619.htm">Strong's 5619: </a> To stone, put to death by stoning or אוֹ־ (’ōw-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> Desire, if shot יָרֹ֣ה (yā·rōh) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3384.htm">Strong's 3384: </a> To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach with arrows— יִיָּרֶ֔ה (yî·yā·reh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3384.htm">Strong's 3384: </a> To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach whether אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not man אִ֖ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person or אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not beast, בְּהֵמָ֥ה (bə·hê·māh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal he must not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no live.’ יִחְיֶ֑ה (yiḥ·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2421.htm">Strong's 2421: </a> To live, to revive Only when the ram’s horn הַיֹּבֵ֔ל (hay·yō·ḇêl) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3104.htm">Strong's 3104: </a> A ram, ram's horn (a wind instrument) sounds a long blast בִּמְשֹׁךְ֙ (bim·šōḵ) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4900.htm">Strong's 4900: </a> To draw, drag may they הֵ֖מָּה (hêm·māh) Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They go up יַעֲל֥וּ (ya·‘ă·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively the mountain.” בָהָֽר׃ (ḇā·hār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/19-13.htm">Exodus 19:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/19-13.htm">Exodus 19:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/19-13.htm">Exodus 19:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/19-13.htm">Exodus 19:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/19-13.htm">Exodus 19:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/19-13.htm">Exodus 19:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/19-13.htm">Exodus 19:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/19-13.htm">Exodus 19:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/19-13.htm">Exodus 19:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/19-13.htm">Exodus 19:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/19-13.htm">OT Law: Exodus 19:13 No hand shall touch him but he (Exo. 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