Exodus 19

In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day ^acame they into the wilderness of Sinai. ²For they were departed from ^bRephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before ^cthe mount. ³And ^dMoses went up unto God, and the Lord ^ecalled unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; ^4fYe have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how ^gI bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself. ⁵Now ^htherefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a ⁱpeculiar treasure unto me above all people: for ^kall the earth is mine: ⁶and ye shall be unto me a ^lkingdom of priests, and a ^mholy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. ⁷And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him. ⁸And ⁿall 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. ⁹And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee ^oin a thick cloud, ^pthat the people may hear when I speak with thee, and ^qbelieve thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord.

¹⁰And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and ^rsanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them ^swash their clothes, ¹¹and be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord ^twill come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. ¹²And 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: ^uwhosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: ¹³there shall not a hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the ^xtrumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. ¹⁴And Moses ^ywent down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. ¹⁵And he said unto the people, ^zBe ready against the third day: ^acome not at your wives. ¹⁶And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were ^bthunders and lightnings, and a ^cthick cloud upon the mount, and the ^dvoice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp ^etrembled. ¹⁷And ^fMoses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. ¹⁸And mount Sinai ^gwas altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it ^hin fire: ⁱand the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and ^kthe whole mount quaked greatly. ¹⁹And ^lwhen the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and ^mGod answered him by a voice. ²⁰And 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. ²¹And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord ⁿto gaze, and many of them perish. ²²And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, ^osanctify themselves, lest the Lord ^pbreak forth upon them. ²³And Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, ^qSet bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. ²⁴And 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. ²⁵So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.

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