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.

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.…
Cross References
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.

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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