Hebrews 12:20 meaning and explanation
For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”
Hebrews 12:20, Berean Standard Bible
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The writer recalls Israel gathered at Mount Sinai, where God descended in fire and darkness and warned the people to keep their distance. The command quoted here comes from Exodus 19, where Moses set limits around the mountain so that no person or animal would touch it.
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