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In the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt , the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai .
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And when they were departed from Rephidim , and were come to the wilderness of Sinai , they encamped in the wilderness ; and there Israel encamped before the mount .
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And Moses went up unto God , and Jehovah called unto him out of the mountain , saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob , and tell the children of Israel :
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Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians , and how I bare you on eagles ' wings , and brought you unto myself.
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Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:
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and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests , and a holy nation . These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel .
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And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Jehovah commanded him.
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And all the people answered together, and said , All that Jehovah hath spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people unto Jehovah .
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And Jehovah said unto Moses , Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud , that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and may also believe thee for ever . And Moses told the words of the people unto Jehovah .
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And Jehovah said unto Moses , Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow , and let them wash their garments ,
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and be ready against the third day ; for the third day Jehovah will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai .
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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:
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no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned , or shot through ; whether it be beast or man , he shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long , they shall come up to the mount .
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And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments .
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And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day : come not near a woman .
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And it came to pass on the third day , when it was morning , that there were thunders and lightnings , and a thick cloud upon the mount , and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud ; and all the people that were in the camp trembled.
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And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God ; and they stood at the nether part of the mount .
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And mount Sinai , the whole of it, smoked , because Jehovah descended upon it in fire ; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
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And when the voice of the trumpet waxed louder and louder, Moses spake , and God answered him by a voice .
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And Jehovah came down upon mount Sinai , to the top of the mount : and Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mount ; and Moses went up.
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And Jehovah said unto Moses , Go down , charge the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.
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And let the priests also, that come near to Jehovah , sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth upon them.
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And Moses said unto Jehovah , The people cannot come up to mount Sinai : for thou didst charge us , saying, Set bounds about the mount , and sanctify it.
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And Jehovah said unto him, Go , 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 Jehovah , lest he break forth upon them.