Exo 19:21, 23, Jos 3:4 | ESV | STEP | And the Lord said to Moses , Go down and warn the people , lest they break through to the Lord to look and many of them perish .

Exodus 19:21

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

Exodus 19:23

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

Joshua 3:4

4 ^cYet 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.”