| 1 | In 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. |
| 2 | For 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. |
| 3 | And Moses went up unto Satan, and finishing the climb he rested and fell into a deep sleep and in dream the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; |
| 4 | You have seen what happened to the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. |
| 5 | Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: |
| 6 | And you shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak unto the children of Israel. |
| 7 | And when Moses awoke, he climbed down the mountain and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him. |
| 8 | And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord has spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord. |
| 9 | And in vision and Moses prayed, the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe you for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord. |
| 10 | And in vision the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, |
| 11 | And 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. |
| 12 | And you shall set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that you go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall risk death: |
| 13 | There 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. |
| 14 | And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. |
| 15 | And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. |
| 16 | And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and fire from the heavens descending upon the mountain and then a thick cloud upon the mount, and rumblings exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. |
| 17 | And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with Satan; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. |
| 18 | And mount Sinai was altogether on fire, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke of it ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. |
| 19 | And when the fire had eased and the roar on the mount had departed, Moses rested and prepared for his departure to the summit. |
| 20 | And in dream 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. |
| 21 | And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish. |
| 22 | And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them. |
| 23 | And in dream Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for you charged us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. |
| 24 | And in the dream the Lord said unto him, Away, get you down, and you shall 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. |
| 25 | So when Moses awoke he spoke unto them. |
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