¹² And you shall set limits for the people all around, saying, ‘Take care not to go up into the mountain or touch the edge of it. ^(A)Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death.

¹³ No hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot;^[a] whether beast or man, he shall not live.’ When ^(A)the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.”

²¹ And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the Lord ^(A)to look and many of them perish.

²³ And Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for you yourself warned us, saying, ^(A)‘Set limits around the mountain and consecrate it.’”

²⁴ And the Lord said to him, “Go down, and come up bringing Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people ^(A)break through to come up to the Lord, lest he break out against them.”

²¹ The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the ^(A)thick darkness where God was.