whether: Exodus 21:28, Exodus 21:29, Leviticus 20:15, Leviticus 20:16 when the trumpet: or, cornet, Exodus 19:16, Exodus 19:19, 1 Corinthians 15:52, 1 Thessalonians 4:16 Reciprocal: Genesis 3:3 - touch Exodus 19:18 - General Exodus 19:21 - charge Exodus 34:3 - General Judges 20:37 - drew themselves along 2 Chronicles 23:7 - whosoever Hebrews 12:20 - if so much read more
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.When the trumpet soundeth long — Then let them take their places at the foot of the mount. Never was so great a congregation called together and preached to at once as this was here. No one man's voice could have reached so many, but the voice of God did. read more
PREPARATIONS FOR THE SINAITIC THEOPHANY, Exodus 19:3-15. Before the divine glory is revealed upon the mount, the people must be admonished and purified. To effect this Moses first goes up into the mountain and receives for Israel the gracious words of Exodus 19:3-6. To these the people cheerfully respond with promise of obedience, and Moses, like a true mediator, returns their answer to Jehovah. Exodus 19:7-8. Again Jehovah speaks to Moses, and gives order for careful preparations and... read more
13. Not a hand touch it So sacred and so awful was that mount to be esteemed that no one unsanctified and unbidden might touch it, on the peril of life . Not even a beast would be permitted to touch it, and live . This rigorous requirement was adapted to inculcate reverence for the law . When the trumpet soundeth long Hebrews, in the drawing out of the yobel. The word יובל , here translated trumpet, appears to have been some kind of a wind instrument . In Joshua 6:4-5; Joshua 6:8,... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 19:13
Exo 19:13 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. Ver. 13. They shall come up to the mount, ] i.e., To the bottom of the mount, to the foot thereof. Exo 19:17 See Trapp on " Heb 12:20 " "The way of life is above to the wise," saith Solomon. Pro 15:24 As Moses was with God in the mount, when the people were below in the valley. read more