Exodus 19:13 “No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with ar…”

Exodus 19:13

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. ”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

No hand shall touche it, but he shalbe stoned to death, or striken through with darts: whether it be beast or man, he shall not liue: when the horne bloweth long, they shall come vp into the mountaine.

Darby Translation

not a hand shall touch it, but it shall certainly be stoned, or shot through; whether it be a beast or a man, it shall not live. When the long drawn note of the trumpet soundeth, they shall come up to the mountain.

Young's Literal Translation

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.'

Bible in Basic English

He is not to be touched by a hand, but is to be stoned or have an arrow put through him; man or beast, he is to be put to death: at the long sounding of a horn they may come up to the mountain.

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Cross references

“whether”

Exodus 21:28 Exodus 21:29 Leviticus 20:15 Leviticus 20:16

Exodus 21:28 · BSB

If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.

Exodus 21:29 · BSB

But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.

Leviticus 20:15 · BSB

If a man lies carnally with an animal, he must be put to death. And you are also to kill the animal.

Leviticus 20:16 · BSB

If a woman approaches any animal to mate with it, you must kill both the woman and the animal. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

“when the trumpet”

Exodus 19:16 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Exodus 19:19 1 Corinthians 15:52

Exodus 19:16 · BSB

On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

1 Thessalonians 4:16 · BSB

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.

Exodus 19:19 · BSB

And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.

1 Corinthians 15:52 · BSB

in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

Also

Hebrews 12:20

Hebrews 12:20 · BSB

For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

14When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.

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