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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.
02 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.
03 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;
04 Ye have seen what I did unto the
Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings,
and brought you unto myself.
05 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:
06 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.
07 And Moses came and called for the elders
of the people, and laid before their faces all
these words which the Lord commanded him.
08 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.
09 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:
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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.
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