Exodus 19:16–25

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.” ²³And Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for you yourself warned us, saying, ^x‘Set limits around the mountain and consecrate it.’ ” ²⁴And the Lord said to him, “Go down, and come up bringing Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people ^ybreak through to come up to the Lord, lest he break out against them.” ²⁵So Moses went down to the people and told them.