Exodus 19
EX 19:1 In the third month of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land
of Egypt, in this day they have come into the wilderness of Sinai,
EX 19:2 and they journey from Rephidim, and enter the wilderness of Sinai, and
encamp in the wilderness; and Israel encampeth there before the mount.
EX 19:3 And Moses hath gone up unto God, and Jehovah calleth unto him out of the
mount, saying, `Thus dost thou say to the house of Jacob, and declare to the
sons of Israel,
EX 19:4 Ye -- ye have seen that which I have done to the Egyptians, and I bear
you on eagles' wings, and bring you in unto Myself.
EX 19:5 `And now, if ye really hearken to My voice, then ye have kept My
covenant, and been to Me a peculiar treasure more than all the peoples, for all
the earth `is' Mine;
EX 19:6 and ye -- ye are to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation: these
`are' the words which thou dost speak unto the sons of Israel.'
EX 19:7 And Moses cometh, and calleth for the elders of the people, and setteth
before them all these words which Jehovah hath commanded him;
EX 19:8 and all the people answer together and say, `All that Jehovah hath
spoken we do;' and Moses returneth the words of the people unto Jehovah.
EX 19:9 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Lo, I am coming unto thee in the
thickness of the cloud, so that the people hear in My speaking with thee, and
also believe in thee to the age;' and Moses declareth the words of the people
unto Jehovah.
EX 19:10 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go unto the people; and thou hast
sanctified them to-day and to-morrow, and they have washed their garments,
EX 19:11 and 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.
EX 19:12 `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;
EX 19:13 a 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.'
EX 19:14 And Moses cometh down from the mount unto the people, and sanctifieth
the people, and they wash their garments;
EX 19:15 and he saith unto the people, `Be ye prepared for the third day, come
not nigh unto a woman.'
EX 19:16 And 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.
EX 19:17 And Moses bringeth out the people to meet God from the camp, and they
station themselves at the lower part of the mount,
EX 19:18 and 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;
EX 19:19 and the sound of the trumpet is going on, and very strong; Moses
speaketh, and God doth answer him with a voice.
EX 19:20 And 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.
EX 19:21 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go down, protest to the people, lest
they break through unto Jehovah to see, and many of them have fallen;
EX 19:22 and also the priests who are coming nigh unto Jehovah do sanctify
themselves, lest Jehovah break forth on them.'
EX 19:23 And 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.'
EX 19:24 And 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.'
EX 19:25 And Moses goeth down unto the people, and saith unto them: --
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