Hebrews 12:20
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(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”
In other translations
(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”
Greek words
οὐκouknot [able]G3756ἔφερονepheronthey were bearingG5342γὰρgarforG1063τὸtowhichG3588διαστελλόμενον·diastellomenonis being commanded:G1291κἂνkanIf evenG2532θηρίονthēriona beastG2342θίγῃthigēshall touchG2345τοῦtoutheG3588ὄρους,orousmountain,G3735λιθοβοληθήσεταιlithobolēthēsetaiit will be stonedG3036ἢēorG2228βολίδιbolidiwith arrowG1002κατατοξευθήσεται,katatoxeuthēsetaiwill be shot downG2700
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- Exodus 19:12-1312 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: 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.12 And 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 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.”
- Galatians 2:19For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.
- Deuteronomy 33:2And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
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