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OET (OET-LV) And_set_limits DOM the_people all_around to_say take_heed to/for_you_all to_go_up in/on/at/with_mountain and_touch in/on/at/with_edge_it every the_touches in/on/at/with_mountain surely_(die) he_will_be_put_to_death.
OET (OET-RV) Set boundaries for the people all around, and tell them, ‘Don’t climb on the mountain or touch its edge, because anyone who does will definitely be executed.
וְהִגְבַּלְתָּ֤
and,set_limits
The boundary was either a mark or some kind of barrier.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
לֵאמֹ֔ר הִשָּׁמְר֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם
to=say careful to/for=you_all
A second-level direct quotation begins with watch. It is not clear where this command that Moses is to give the Israelites ends. Most English translations end it in 19:13 before the last sentence. For that reason, it may be most helpful to translate the instruction as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: “telling them to watch themselves”
הִשָּׁמְר֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם עֲל֥וֹת בָּהָ֖ר וּנְגֹ֣עַ בְּקָצֵ֑הוּ
careful to/for=you_all go_up in/on/at/with,mountain and,touch in/on/at/with,edge,it
Here, the negative command is implied from the watch yourselves command. Alternate translation: “Watch yourselves against climbing on the mountain or touching on its edge”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
כָּל־הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בָּהָ֖ר מ֥וֹת
all/each/any/every the,touches in/on/at/with,mountain to_die
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “You must surely put to death any person who touches the mountain” or “You must surely kill anyone who touches the mountain”
19:10-15 In the second phase of preparation, the people received commands that would prepare them to receive God’s covenant. They were to wash their clothing (19:10, 14) because God is pure. They were to prepare a boundary all around the mountain (19:12-13) and be careful not to cross it because God is holy. They were to abstain from having sexual intercourse (19:15) because God is not a sexual being, and his blessings are not produced through sexual activity. Things that are natural and right under ordinary circumstances were to be set aside for the extraordinary purpose of concentrating on the Lord, the King who was about to appear before the people. Only their compliance with the second of these commands is specifically reported (19:23), but it is safe to assume that they obeyed the other two as well since no negative response from the Lord is recorded.
• Hebrews 12:18-22 contrasts this experience at Mount Sinai with the believer’s experience at Mount Zion, “the heavenly Jerusalem.”
OET (OET-LV) And_set_limits DOM the_people all_around to_say take_heed to/for_you_all to_go_up in/on/at/with_mountain and_touch in/on/at/with_edge_it every the_touches in/on/at/with_mountain surely_(die) he_will_be_put_to_death.
OET (OET-RV) Set boundaries for the people all around, and tell them, ‘Don’t climb on the mountain or touch its edge, because anyone who does will definitely be executed.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.