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Exodus Chapter 19 verse 23 Holy Bible

ASV Exodus 19:23

And Moses said unto Jehovah, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou didst charge us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
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BBE Exodus 19:23

And Moses said to the Lord, The people will not be able to come up the mountain, for you gave us orders to put limits round the mountain, marking it out and making it holy.
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DARBY Exodus 19:23

And Moses said to Jehovah, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai; for thou hast testified to us, saying, Set bounds about the mountain, and hallow it.
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KJV Exodus 19:23

And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
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WBT Exodus 19:23

And Moses said to the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
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WEB Exodus 19:23

Moses said to Yahweh, "The people can't come up to Mount Sinai, for you charged us, saying, 'Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify it.'"
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YLT Exodus 19:23

And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `The people `is' unable to come up unto mount Sinai, for Thou -- Thou hast protested to us, saying, Make a border `for' the mount, then thou hast sanctified it.'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - The people cannot come up. Moses can only have meant, that the people could not approach the mount unwittingly, since the fence commanded (ver. 12) was made. But to scale the fence, or break through it, was of course possible. (See ver 13.)

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) The people cannot come up.--Moses probably means that they cannot do so unwittingly; heDoes not contemplate the case of an intentional trespass. But it was this which God knew to be contemplated, and was desirous of preventing.