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no 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.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Touch it — Rather “touch him.” The person who had touched the mount was not to be touched, since the contact would be pollution.

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

There shall not a hand touch it. —This translation gives an entirely wrong sense. The meaning is, beyond all doubt, “There shall n…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

There shall not a hand touch it.215 Those who interpret the particle ב, be, as the adversative 'else' ignorantly pervert the me…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

There shall not a hand touch it
The mountain or the border of it, which is repeated so it might be taken notice of; a…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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…

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