“1 In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out
of the land of Egypt, the same day came they [into] the wilderness of
Sinai. 2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come [to] the
desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel
camped before the mount. 3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD
called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the
house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; 4 Ye have seen what I
did unto the Egyptians, and [how] I bare you on eagles’ wings, and
brought you unto myself. 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice
indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto
me above all people: for all the earth [is] mine: 6 And ye shall be unto
me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These [are] the words which
thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. 7 And Moses came and
called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all
these words which the LORD commanded him. 8 And all the people answered
together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses
returned the words of the people unto the LORD.”
“9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick
cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee
for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. 10 And
the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day
and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 11 And be ready against
the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of
all the people upon mount Sinai. 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the
people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, [that ye] go [not]
up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the
mount shall be surely put to death: 13 There shall not an hand touch it,
but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether [it be] beast or
man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come
up to the mount. 14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people,
and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. 15 And he said
unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at [your]
wives.”
“16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there
were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the
voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that [was]
in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the
camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended
upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a
furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 19 And when the voice of
the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and
God answered him by a voice. 20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai,
on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses [up] to the top of
the mount; and Moses went up. 21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down,
charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and
many of them perish. 22 And let the priests also, which come near to the
LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. 23 And
Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for
thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come
up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people
break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.” (Ex 19:1-25
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