The possuk (19:12) says וְהִגְבַּלְתָּ֤ אֶת־הָעָם֙, the boundary is for the people. A few pessukim later, possuk 23 it says הַגְבֵּ֥ל אֶת־הָהָ֖ר, the boundary is to not invade the kedusha for the mountain. The Netziv says that there are two different commandments here. The first commandment is not to avoid desecrating the kedusha of the mountain but is a commandment that the people should be in their proper places. In his words, "גבולות לעם במעמדם סביבות ההר — אהרן בראש, והכהנים לפי ערכם אחריו, וגדולי ישראל אחריהם, ובינונים אחריהם, ונשים וטף אחריהם." Everyone has to be only in their proper place. Part of the condition to accept the Torah was that everyone is in their proper place. Theri was a seder as to where one would stand and that had to be kept too.
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