Exodus 19:1–8

In the third month of the departure of Israel out of the land of Egypt, on this day they came into the wilderness of Sinai:

²For departing out of Raphidim, and coming to the desert of Sinai, they camped in the same place, and there Israel pitched their tents over against the mountain.

³And Moses went up to God; and the Lord called unto him from the mountain, and said: Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:

⁴You have seen what I have done to the Egyptians, how I have carried you upon the wings of eagles, and have taken you to myself.

⁵If therefore you will hear my voice, and keep my covenant, you shall be my peculiar possession above all people: for all the earth is mine.

⁶And you shall be to me a priestly kingdom, and a holy nation. These are the words thou shalt speak to the children of Israel.

⁷Moses came; and calling together the elders of the people, he declared all the words which the Lord had commanded.

⁸And all the people answered together: All that the Lord hath spoken, we will do. And when Moses had related the people’s words to the Lord,