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Exodus 3:5

NETBible	God¹ said, “Do not approach any closer!² Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy³ ground.”⁴
NIV © biblegateway Exo 3:5	"Do not come any closer," God said. "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground."
NASB © biblegateway Exo 3:5	Then He said, "Do not come near here; remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground."
NLT © biblegateway Exo 3:5	"Do not come any closer," God told him. "Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground."
MSG © biblegateway Exo 3:5	God said, "Don't come any closer. Remove your sandals from your feet. You're standing on holy ground."
BBE © SABDAweb Exo 3:5	And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.
NRSV © bibleoremus Exo 3:5	Then he said, "Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground."
NKJV © biblegateway Exo 3:5	Then He said, "Do not draw near this place. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground."
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KJV	And he said <0559> (8799)_, Draw not nigh <07126> (8799) hither <01988>_: put off <05394> (8798) thy shoes <05275> from off thy feet <07272>_, for the place <04725> whereon <0834> thou standest <05975> (8802) [is] holy <06944> ground <0127>_.
NASB © biblegateway Exo 3:5	Then He said <0559> , "Do not come <07126> near <07126> here <01988> ; remove <05394> your sandals <05275> from your feet <07272> , for the place <04725> on which <0834> you are standing <05975> is holy <06944> ground <0127> ."
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ eipen {V-AAI-3S} mh <3165> ADV eggishv <1448> V-AAS-2S wde <3592> ADV lusai <3089> V-AAD-2S to <3588> T-ASN upodhma <5266> N-ASN ek <1537> PREP twn <3588> T-GPM podwn <4228> N-GPM sou <4771> P-GS o <3588> T-NSM gar <1063> PRT topov <5117> N-NSM en <1722> PREP w <3739> R-DSM su <4771> P-NS esthkav <2476> V-RAI-2S gh <1065> N-NSF agia <40> A-NSF estin <1510> V-PAI-3S
NET [draft] ITL	God said <0559> , “Do not <0408> approach <07126> any closer <01988> ! Take <05394> your sandals <05275> off <05394> your feet <07272> , for <03588> the place <04725> where <0834> you <0859> are standing <05975> is holy <06944> ground <0127> .”
HEBREW	awh <01931> sdq <06944> tmda <0127> wyle <05921> dmwe <05975> hta <0859> rsa <0834> Mwqmh <04725> yk <03588> Kylgr <07272> lem <05921> Kylen <05275> ls <05394> Mlh <01988> brqt <07126> la <0408> rmayw (3:5) <0559>

NETBible

God¹ said, “Do not approach any closer!² Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy³ ground.”⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “And he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²sn Even though the Lord was drawing near to Moses, Moses could not casually approach him. There still was a barrier between God and human, and God had to remind Moses of this with instructions. The removal of sandals was, and still is in the East, a sign of humility and reverence in the presence of the Holy One. It was a way of excluding the dust and dirt of the world. But it also took away personal comfort and convenience and brought the person more closely in contact with the earth.

³sn The word קֹדֶשׁ (qodesh, “holy”) indicates “set apart, distinct, unique.” What made a mountain or other place holy was the fact that God chose that place to reveal himself or to reside among his people. Because God was in this place, the ground was different – it was holy.

⁴tn The causal clause includes within it a typical relative clause, which is made up of the relative pronoun, then the independent personal pronoun with the participle, and then the preposition with the resumptive pronoun. It would literally be “which you are standing on it,” but the relative pronoun and the resumptive pronoun are combined and rendered, “on which you are standing.”