| King James Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. | 1Exactly two months after the Israelites left Egypt, they arrived in the wilderness of Sinai. |
| 2For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount. | 2After breaking camp at Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and set up camp there at the base of Mount Sinai. |
| 3And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; | 3Then Moses climbed the mountain to appear before God. The LORD called to him from the mountain and said, “Give these instructions to the family of Jacob; announce it to the descendants of Israel: |
| 4Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. | 4‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. You know how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. |
| 5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: | 5Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me. |
| 6And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. | 6And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation.’ This is the message you must give to the people of Israel.” |
| 7And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. | 7So Moses returned from the mountain and called together the elders of the people and told them everything the LORD had commanded him. |
| 8And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD. | 8And all the people responded together, “We will do everything the LORD has commanded.” So Moses brought the people’s answer back to the LORD. |
| 9And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. | 9Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will come to you in a thick cloud, Moses, so the people themselves can hear me when I speak with you. Then they will always trust you.” Moses told the LORD what the people had said. |
| 10And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, | 10Then the LORD told Moses, “Go down and prepare the people for my arrival. Consecrate them today and tomorrow, and have them wash their clothing. |
| 11And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. | 11Be sure they are ready on the third day, for on that day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai as all the people watch. |
| 12And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: | 12Mark off a boundary all around the mountain. Warn the people, ‘Be careful! Do not go up on the mountain or even touch its boundaries. Anyone who touches the mountain will certainly be put to death. |
| 13There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. | 13No hand may touch the person or animal that crosses the boundary; instead, stone them or shoot them with arrows. They must be put to death.’ However, when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast, then the people may go up on the mountain. ” |
| 14And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. | 14So Moses went down to the people. He consecrated them for worship, and they washed their clothes. |
| 15And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. | 15He told them, “Get ready for the third day, and until then abstain from having sexual intercourse.” |
| 16And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. | 16On the morning of the third day, thunder roared and lightning flashed, and a dense cloud came down on the mountain. There was a long, loud blast from a ram’s horn, and all the people trembled. |
| 17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. | 17Moses led them out from the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. |
| 18And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. | 18All of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke because the LORD had descended on it in the form of fire. The smoke billowed into the sky like smoke from a brick kiln, and the whole mountain shook violently. |
| 19And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. | 19As the blast of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God thundered his reply. |
| 20And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. | 20The LORD came down on the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses climbed the mountain. |
| 21And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish. | 21Then the LORD told Moses, “Go back down and warn the people not to break through the boundaries to see the LORD, or they will die. |
| 22And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. | 22Even the priests who regularly come near to the LORD must purify themselves so that the LORD does not break out and destroy them.” |
| 23And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. | 23“But LORD,” Moses protested, “the people cannot come up to Mount Sinai. You already warned us. You told me, ‘Mark off a boundary all around the mountain to set it apart as holy.’” |
| 24And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them. | 24But the LORD said, “Go down and bring Aaron back up with you. In the meantime, do not let the priests or the people break through to approach the LORD, or he will break out and destroy them.” |
| 25So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them. | 25So Moses went down to the people and told them what the LORD had said. |
| King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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