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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 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; 4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyp­tians, and how I bare you on ea­gles' wings, and brought you unto my­self. 5 Now 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: 6 And 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. 7 And Moses came 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 hath spo­ken we will do. And Moses re­turned the words of the peo­ple unto the LORD. 9 And 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. 10 And 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 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: 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 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. 17 And Moses brought forth the peo­ple out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18 And 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. 19 And when the voice of the trum­pet sound­ed long, and waxed loud­er and loud­er, Moses spake, and God an­swered him by a voice. 20 And 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 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. 24 And 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. 25 So Moses went down unto the peo­ple, and spake unto them.