Exodus 19 · Verse 13

Exodus 19:13

There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
Exodus 19:13, King James Version

Exodus 19:13 in other translations

BSBNo hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”
WEBNo hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether it is animal or man, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come up to the mountain.”
ASVno hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, he shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
YLTa hand cometh not against him, for he is certainly stoned or shot through, whether beast or man it liveth not; in the drawing out of the jubilee cornet they go up into the mount.'
DARBYnot a hand shall touch it, but it shall certainly be stoned, or shot through; whether it be a beast or a man, it shall not live. When the long drawn note of the trumpet soundeth, they shall come up to the mountain.
BBEHe is not to be touched by a hand, but is to be stoned or have an arrow put through him; man or beast, he is to be put to death: at the long sounding of a horn they may come up to the mountain.
WebsterThere shall not a hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through: whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

What does Exodus 19:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 19:9-15

9-15. The Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come ... in a thick cloud, &c.--The deepest impressions are made on the mind through the medium of the senses; and so He who knew what was in man signalized His descent at the inauguration of the ancient church, by all the sensible tokens of august majesty that were fitted to produce the conviction that He is the great and terrible God. The whole multitude must have anticipated…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 There shall not a hand touch it - בו bo, Him, not the mountain, but the man who had presumed to touch the mountain. He should be considered altogether as an unclean and accursed thing, not to be touched for fear of conveying defilement; but should be immediately stoned or pierced through with a dart, Heb 12:20.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 19:9-15

The solemn manner in which the law was delivered, was to impress the people with a right sense of the Divine majesty. Also to convince them of their own guilt, and to show that they could not stand in judgment before God by their own obedience. In the law, the sinner discovers what he ought to be, what he is, and what he wants. There he learns the nature, necessity, and glory of redemption, and of being made holy…

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Exodus 19:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
תִגַּ֨עti.Ga'it will touchH5060
בּ֜וֹbo<in> <the> him
יָ֗דYada handH3027
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
סָק֤וֹלsa.Kolcertainly <to stone>H5619
יִסָּקֵל֙yi.sa.Kelhe will be stoned to deathH5619
אוֹ\־'ov-orH176
יָרֹ֣הya.Rohcertainly <to shot>H3384
יִיָּרֶ֔הyi.ya.Rehhe will be shotH3384
אִם\־'im-whetherH518
בְּהֵמָ֥הbe.he.Mahan animalH929
אִם\־'im-orH518
אִ֖ישׁ'isha humanH376
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יִחְיֶ֑הyich.Yehit will liveH2421
בִּמְשֹׁךְ֙bim.shoKhwhen soundsH4900
הַיֹּבֵ֔לhai.yo.Velthe ram's hornH3104
הֵ֖מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992
יַעֲל֥וּya.'a.Luthey will go upH5927
בָהָֽר\׃va.Haron the mountainH2022

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 19:13

  • Exodus 19:16

    And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:16

    For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

  • Hebrews 12:20

    (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

  • Leviticus 20:15-16

    And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

  • Exodus 19:19

    And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

  • Exodus 21:28-29

    If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:52

    In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
whether.
21:28,29; Le 20:15,16
when the trumpet. or, cornet.
16,19; 1Co 15:52; 1Th 4:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 19:12

    And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

  • Exodus 19:13

    There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

  • Exodus 19:14

    And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

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Exodus 19:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
No le tocará mano, mas será apedreado ó asaeteado; sea animal ó sea hombre, no vivirá. En habiendo sonado largamente la bocina, subirán al monte.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
la main ne la touchera pas sans qu’elle soit lapidée ou transpercée; bête, ou homme, ils ne vivront point. Quand le cor sonnera longuement, ils monteront vers la montagne.
German
Elberfelder 1871
-keine Hand soll ihn anrühren-denn es soll gewißlich gesteinigt oder erschossen werden; ob Vieh oder Mensch, es darf nicht leben. Wenn das Lärmhorn anhaltend ertönt, sollen sie gegen den Berg hinansteigen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Manus non tanget eum, sed lapidibus opprimetur, aut confodietur jaculis: sive jumentum fuerit, sive homo, non vivet: cum cœperit clangere buccina, tunc ascendant in montem.