And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
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Gill's Exposition
And the Lord said unto him, away, get thee down,.... And prevent the people and priests from breaking through the bounds and gazing, to which their curiosity would tempt them; as the Lord knew better…
Adam Clarke
Let not the priests and the people break through - God knew that they were heedless, criminally curious, and stupidly obstinate; and therefore his mercy saw it right to give them line upon line, that…
Now, at length, comes that memorable day, that terrible day of the Lord, that day of judgment, in which Israel heard the voice of the Lord God speaking to them out of the midst of the fire, and lived,…
Cambridge Bible
thou, and Aaron with thee, &c. This command is nowhere stated to have been carried out: in Exo 20:21 (E) Moses goes in before God alone; in Exo 24:1; Exo 24:9 Moses and Aaron are accompanied by Nadab…
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