Exodus 19:10–25

¹⁰And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Go unto the people; and thou hast sanctified them to-day and to-morrow, and they have washed their garments, ¹¹and have been prepared for the third day; for on the third day doth Jehovah come down before the eyes of all the people, on mount Sinai.

¹²‘And thou hast made a border for the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, going up into the mount, or coming against its extremity; whoever is coming against the mount is certainly put to death; ¹³a hand cometh not against him, for he is certainly stoned or shot through, whether beast or man it liveth not; in the drawing out of the jubilee cornet they go up into the mount.’ ¹⁴And Moses cometh down from the mount unto the people, and sanctifieth the people, and they wash their garments; ¹⁵and he saith unto the people, ‘Be ye prepared for the third day, come not nigh unto a woman.’

¹⁶And it cometh to pass, on the third day, while it is morning, that there are voices, and lightnings, and a heavy cloud, on the mount, and the sound of a trumpet very strong; and all the people who are in the camp do tremble. ¹⁷And Moses bringeth out the people to meet God from the camp, and they station themselves at the lower part of the mount, ¹⁸and mount Sinai is wholly a smoke from the presence of Jehovah, who hath come down on it in fire, and its smoke goeth up as smoke of the furnace, and the whole mount trembleth exceedingly; ¹⁹and the sound of the trumpet is going on, and very strong; Moses speaketh, and God doth answer him with a voice. ²⁰And Jehovah cometh down on mount Sinai, unto the top of the mount, and Jehovah calleth for Moses unto the top of the mount, and Moses goeth up. ²¹And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Go down, protest to the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to see, and many of them have fallen; ²²and also the priests who are coming nigh unto Jehovah do sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth on them.’ ²³And Moses saith unto Jehovah, ‘The people is unable to come up unto mount Sinai, for Thou—Thou hast protested to us, saying, Make a border for the mount, then thou hast sanctified it.’ ²⁴And Jehovah saith unto him, ‘Go, descend, then thou hast come up, thou, and Aaron with thee; and the priests and the people do not break through, to come up unto Jehovah, lest He break forth upon them.’ ²⁵And Moses goeth down unto the people, and saith unto them:—

Chapter 20