¹⁶^*On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud appeared on the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast was heard. All the people in the camp trembled with fear. ¹⁷^*Moses led them out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. ¹⁸^*The whole of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord had come down on it in fire. The smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and all the people trembled violently. ¹⁹The sound of the trumpet became louder and louder. Moses spoke, and God answered him with thunder. ²⁰The Lord came down on the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain. Moses went up ²¹and the Lord said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to cross the boundary to come and look at me; if they do, many of them will die. ²²Even the priests who come near me must purify themselves, or I will punish them.”

²³Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up, because you commanded us to consider the mountain sacred and to mark a boundary round it.”

²⁴The Lord replied, “Go down and bring Aaron back with you. But the priests and the people must not cross the boundary to come up to me, or I will punish them.” ²⁵Moses then went down to the people and told them what the Lord had said.

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Exodus 19:18: Now Mount 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 the whole mountain trembled greatly.

Cross references

*19.16: Rev 4:5 19.16–18: Dt 4:11, 12
*19.16: Rev 4:5 19.16–18: Dt 4:11, 12
*19.16: Rev 4:5 19.16–18: Dt 4:11, 12