Exo 19:12, Jos 3:4-5 | ESV | STEP | 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. Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death .

d ch. 7:13; Ex. 19:10, 14, 15; Lev. 20:7; Num. 11:18; 1 Sam. 16:5; Joel 2:16

Exodus 19:12

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. ^aWhoever touches the mountain shall be put to death.

Joshua 3:4-5

4 ^bYet there shall be a distance between you and it, about 2,000 cubits ^{▼▼A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters} in length. Do not come near it, in order that you may know the way you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.” 5 Then Joshua said to the people, ^d“Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”