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In the third month of the going··out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt , on◦ this day they came ··into the wilderness of Sinai .
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And they journeyed from Rephidim , and came ··into the wilderness of Sinai , and encamped in the wilderness ; and there Israel encamped in··front··of the mountain .
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And Moses went up to God , and Jehovah called to him from the mountain , saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob , and tell to the sons of Israel ,
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You have seen what I did to the Egyptians , and I bore you on eagles ’ wings , and brought you to Me.
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And now, if obeying you shall obey My voice , and keep My covenant, then you shall be for Me a special possession more* than all peoples; for all the earth is Mine;
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and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests , and a holy nation . These are the words which thou shalt speak to the sons of Israel .
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And Moses came and called 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 has spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people to Jehovah .
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And Jehovah said to▵ Moses , Behold I come to thee in the thick cloud , on··account··of which the people will hear when I speak with thee, and will also believe in thee to eternity ; and Moses told the words of the people to▵ Jehovah .
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And Jehovah said to▵ Moses , Go to▵ the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow , and let them wash their raiment .
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And let them be prepared for the third day , for in the third day Jehovah will come··down to the eyes of all the people on Mount Sinai .
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And thou shalt set··a··border to the people round··about, saying, Take··heed to yourselves, that you go not up into the mountain , or touch the extremity of it; everyone that touches the mountain , dying he shall··die ;
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a hand shall not touch it, for stoning ◦ he shall be stoned ◦, or shooting he shall be shot; if a beast , if a man ◦, he shall not live; when the jobel* is drawn out, they shall come··up into the mountain .
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And Moses went··down from the mountain to▵ the people, and sanctified the people, and they washed their raiment .
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And he said to▵ the people, Prepare for three days , approach not a woman .
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And it was, on◦ the third day , when it was morning , that there were voices* and lightnings , and a heavy cloud on the mountain , and the voice of a shophar* exceedingly firm, and all the people who were in the camp were··frightened.
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And Moses made the people go··out from the camp to meet God ; and they stood··forth in the lower◦ part of the mountain .
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And Mount Sinai smoked , all of it, because Jehovah came··down upon it in fire ; and the smoke ’thereof went··up as the smoke of a furnace◦, and all the mountain trembled* exceedingly.
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And when the voice of the shophar was going, and waxing strong mightily, Moses spoke , and God answered him in a voice .
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And Jehovah came··down on Mount Sinai , to▵ the head of the mountain ; and Jehovah called Moses to▵ the head of the mountain , and Moses went··up.
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And Jehovah said to Moses , Go ··down , call· the people ·to··testify, lest they break··through to▵ Jehovah to see , and many of them fall .
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And the priests also, who approach Jehovah , shall sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break··forth on◦ them.
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And Moses said to Jehovah , The people are· not ·able come··up to▵ Mount Sinai ; for Thou◦ callest· us ·to··testify, saying, set··a··border on the mountain , and sanctify it.
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And Jehovah said to▵ him, Go , Go ··down ; and come··up, thou◦ and Aaron with thee; and let not the priests and the people break··through to come··up to▵ Jehovah , lest He break··forth against◦ them.
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And Moses went··down to▵ the people, and talked with them.