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In the third month , when the children of Israel had gone forth from the land of Egypt , the same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai .
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For they had departed from Rephidim , and had come to the desert of Sinai , and had pitched in the wilderness ; and there Israel encamped before the mount .
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And Moses went up to God , and the LORD called to him from 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 to the Egyptians , and how I bore you on eagles ' wings , and brought you to myself.
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Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure to me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
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And ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests , and a holy nation . These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel .
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And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
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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 to the LORD .
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And the LORD said to Moses , Lo, I come to 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 to the LORD .
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And the LORD said to Moses , Go to the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow , and let them wash their clothes,
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And be ready against the third day : for on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai .
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And thou shalt set bounds to the people round about , saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up upon the mount , or touch the border of it: whoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
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There shall not a 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 .
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And Moses went down from the mount to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
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And he said to the people, Be ready against the third day : come not at your wives .
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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 were in the camp trembled.
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And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God ; and they stood at the nether part of the mount .
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And mount Sinai was altogether in a smoke , because the LORD descended upon it in fire : and the smoke of it ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount trembled greatly.
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And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long , and grew louder and louder, Moses spoke , and God answered him by a voice .
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And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai , on the top of the mount : and the LORD called Moses to the top of the mount ; and Moses went up.
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And the LORD said to Moses , Go down , charge the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
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And let the priests also who come near to the LORD , sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
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And Moses said to the LORD , The people cannot come up to mount Sinai : for thou chargedst us , saying, Set bounds about the mount , and sanctify it.
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And the LORD said to him, Away, go down , and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: But let not the priests and the people break through, to come up to the LORD , lest he break forth upon them.