Exodus 19:12

19:12 You must set boundaries 1  for the people all around, saying, ‘Take heed 2  to yourselves not to go up on the mountain nor touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death!

Joshua 3:4-5

3:4 But stay about three thousand feet behind it. 3  Keep your distance 4  so you can see 5  which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before.”

3:5 Joshua told the people, “Ritually consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will perform miraculous deeds among you.”

1 tn The verb is a Hiphil perfect (“make borders”) with vav (ו) consecutive, following the sequence of instructions.

2 tn The Niphal imperative (“guard yourselves, take heed to yourselves”) is followed by two infinitives construct that provide the description of what is to be avoided – going up or touching the mountain.

3 tn Heb “But there should be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits in measurement.”

4 tn Heb “do not approach it.”

5 tn Heb “know.”