Hebrews 12:20
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For they did not endure that which was said: and if so much as a beast shall touch the mount, it shall be stoned.

Exodus 19:12
And thou shalt appoint certain limits to the people round about, and thou shalt say to them: Take heed ye go not up into the mount, and that ye touch not the borders thereof: every one that toucheth the mount, dying he shall die.

Exodus 19:13
No hands shall touch him, but he shall be stoned to death, or he shall be shot through with arrows: whether it be beast, or man, he shall not live. When the trumpet shall begin to sound, then let them go up into the mount.

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For they did not endure that which was said: and if so much as a beast shall touch the mount, it shall be stoned.

For they.

Deuteronomy 33:2 And he said: The Lord came from Sinai, and from Seir he rose up to us: he hath appeared from mount Pharan, and with him thousands of saints. In his right hand a fiery law.

Romans 3:19,20 Now we know that what things soever the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the law: that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be made subject to God. . . .

Galatians 2:19 For I, through the law, am dead to the law, that I may live to God; with Christ I am nailed to the cross.

Galatians 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: Cursed is every one that abideth, not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

if so much.

Exodus 19:13,16 No hands shall touch him, but he shall be stoned to death, or he shall be shot through with arrows: whether it be beast, or man, he shall not live. When the trumpet shall begin to sound, then let them go up into the mount. . . .

Context
An Unshakable Kingdom
19And the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, which they that had excused themselves, that the word might not be spoken to them. 20For they did not endure that which was said: and if so much as a beast shall touch the mount, it shall be stoned. 21And so terrible was that which was seen, Moses said: I am frighted, and tremble.…
Lexicon
For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

they could not bear
ἔφερον (epheron)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 5342: To carry, bear, bring; I conduct, lead; perhaps: I make publicly known. A primary verb.

what
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

was commanded:
διαστελλόμενον (diastellomenon)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 1291: To give a commission (instructions), order; To admonish, prohibit.

“If even
Κἂν (Kan)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2579: And if, even if, even, at least. From kai and ean; and if.

an animal
θηρίον (thērion)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2342: Properly: a wild beast, hence: any animal; met: a brute. Diminutive from the same as thera; a dangerous animal.

touches
θίγῃ (thigē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2345: A prolonged form of an obsolete primary thigo; to manipulate, i.e. Have to do with; by implication, to injure.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

mountain,
ὄρους (orous)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3735: A mountain, hill. Probably from an obsolete oro; a mountain: -hill, mount(-ain).

it must be stoned.”
λιθοβοληθήσεται (lithobolēthēsetai)
Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3036: To stone, cast stones (at), kill by stoning. From a compound of lithos and ballo; to throw stones, i.e. Lapidate.


Additional Translations
For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”

for they could not bear that being commanded: "If even a beast should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned."

(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:

for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;

(for they were not able to bear what was enjoined: And if a beast should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;

for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;

(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:

For they could not endure the order which had been given, "Even a wild beast, if it touches the mountain, shall be stoned to death;"

for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned;"

for they were not bearing that which is commanded, 'And if a beast may touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or with an arrow shot through,'
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