Exodus 19:10–22

¹⁰And Yahweh said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes, ¹¹and they must be prepared for the third day, because on the third day, Yahweh will go down on Mount Sinai before the eyes of all the people. ¹²And you must set limits for the people all around, saying, ‘Guard yourselves against^f going up to the mountain and touching its edge. Anyone touching the mountain will certainly be put to death. ¹³Not a hand will touch it, because he will certainly be stoned or certainly be shot; whether an animal or a man, he will not live.’ At the blowing of the ram’s horn they may go up to the mountain.”

¹⁴And Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and he consecrated the people, and they washed their clothes. ¹⁵And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day.^g Do not go near to a woman.”

¹⁶And^h on the third day, when it was morning, there was thunder and lightning, and a heavy cloud over the mountain and a very loud ram’s horn sound, and all the people who were in the camp trembled. ¹⁷And Moses brought the people out from the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain. ¹⁸And Mount Sinai was all wrapped in smoke because Yahweh went down on it in the fire, and its smoke went up like the smoke of a smelting furnace, and the whole mountain trembled greatly. ¹⁹And the sound of the ram’s horn became louder and louder,ⁱ and Moses would speak, and God would answer him with a voice.

²⁰And Yahweh went down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain, and Yahweh called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up. ²¹And Yahweh said to Moses, “Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to Yahweh to see and many from them fall. ²²And even the priests who come near Yahweh must consecrate themselves, lest Yahweh break out against them.”