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| 1On the first day of the third month after the Israelites left Egypt--on that very day--they came to the Desert of Sinai. | 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. |
| 2After they set out from Rephidim, they entered the Desert of Sinai, and Israel camped there in the desert in front of the mountain. | 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. |
| 3Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain and said, "This is what you are to say to the descendants of Jacob and what you are to tell the people of Israel: | 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; |
| 4You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. | 4Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. |
| 5Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, | 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: |
| 6you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites." | 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. |
| 7So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all the words the LORD had commanded him to speak. | 7And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. |
| 8The people all responded together, "We will do everything the LORD has said." So Moses brought their answer back to the LORD. | 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. |
| 9The LORD said to Moses, "I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear me speaking with you and will always put their trust in you." Then Moses told the LORD what the people had said. | 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. |
| 10And the LORD said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their clothes | 10And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, |
| 11and be ready by the third day, because on that day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. | 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. |
| 12Put limits for the people around the mountain and tell them, 'Be careful that you do not approach the mountain or touch the foot of it. Whoever touches the mountain is to be put to death. | 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: |
| 13They are to be stoned or shot with arrows; not a hand is to be laid on them. No person or animal shall be permitted to live.' Only when the ram's horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain." | 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. |
| 14After Moses had gone down the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes. | 14And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. |
| 15Then he said to the people, "Prepare yourselves for the third day. Abstain from sexual relations." | 15And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. |
| 16On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled. | 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. |
| 17Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. | 17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. |
| 18Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the LORD descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently. | 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. |
| 19As the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and the voice of God answered him. | 19And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. |
| 20The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses went up | 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. |
| 21and the LORD said to him, "Go down and warn the people so they do not force their way through to see the LORD and many of them perish. | 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. |
| 22Even the priests, who approach the LORD, must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them." | 22And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. |
| 23Moses said to the LORD, "The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, because you yourself warned us, 'Put limits around the mountain and set it apart as holy.'" | 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. |
| 24The LORD replied, "Go down and bring Aaron up with you. But the priests and the people must not force their way through to come up to the LORD, or he will break out against them." | 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. |
| 25So Moses went down to the people and told them. | 25So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them. |
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