Exodus 19:10–22

¹⁰the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and ^econsecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them ^fwash their garments ¹¹and be ready for the third day. For on the third day ^gthe Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. ¹²And you shall set limits for the people all around, saying, ‘Take care not to go up into the mountain or touch the edge of it. ^hWhoever touches the mountain shall be put to death. ¹³No hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot;¹ whether beast or man, he shall not live.’ When ⁱthe trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.” ¹⁴So Moses ^jwent down from the mountain to the people and ^econsecrated the people; ^fand they washed their garments. ¹⁵And he said to the people, “Be ready for the ^kthird day; ^ldo not go near a woman.”

¹⁶On the morning of the ^kthird day there were ^mthunders and lightnings and ⁿa thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud ^otrumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp ^ptrembled. ¹⁷Then ^qMoses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain. ¹⁸Now ^rMount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and ^sthe whole mountain trembled greatly. ¹⁹And as the ^osound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and ^tGod answered him in thunder. ²⁰The Lord came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. And the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

²¹And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the Lord ^uto look and many of them perish. ²²Also let the priests who come near to the Lord ^vconsecrate themselves, lest the Lord ^wbreak out against them.”