¹ In the third month after the children of Israel went out from Egypt, on the same day, they came into the waste land of Sinai.

² And when they had gone away from Rephidim and had come into the waste land of Sinai, they put up their tents in the waste land before the mountain: there Israel put up its tents.

³ And Moses went up to God, and the voice of the Lord came to him from the mountain, saying, Say to the family of Jacob, and give word to the children of Israel:

⁴ You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I took you, as on eagles' wings, guiding you to myself.

⁵ If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:

⁶ And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.

⁷ And Moses came and sent for the chiefs of the people and put before them all these words which the Lord had given him orders to say.

⁸ And all the people, answering together, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do. And Moses took back to the Lord the words of the people.

⁹ And the Lord said to Moses, See, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that what I say to you may come to the ears of the people and they may have belief in you for ever. And Moses gave the Lord word of what the people had said.

¹⁰ And the Lord said to Moses, Go to the people and make them holy today and tomorrow, and let their clothing be washed.

¹¹ And by the third day let them be ready: for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai, before the eyes of all the people.

¹² And let limits be marked out for the people round the mountain, and say to them, Take care not to go up the mountain or near the sides of it: whoever puts his foot on the mountain will certainly come to his death:

¹³ He is not to be touched by a hand, but is to be stoned or have an arrow put through him; man or beast, he is to be put to death: at the long sounding of a horn they may come up to the mountain.

¹⁴ Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and made the people holy; and their clothing was washed.

¹⁵ And he said to the people, Be ready by the third day: do not come near a woman.

¹⁶ And when morning came on the third day, there were thunders and flames and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a horn sounding very loud; and all the people in the tents were shaking with fear.

¹⁷ And Moses made the people come out of their tents and take their places before God; and they came to the foot of the mountain,

¹⁸ And all the mountain of Sinai was smoking, for the Lord had come down on it in fire: and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a great burning; and all the mountain was shaking.

¹⁹ And when the sound of the horn became louder and louder, Moses' words were answered by the voice of God.

²⁰ Then the Lord came down on to Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain, and the Lord sent for Moses to come up to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

²¹ And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and give the people orders to keep back, for fear that a great number of them, forcing their way through to see the Lord, may come to destruction.

²² And let the priests who come near to the Lord make themselves holy, for fear that the Lord may come on them suddenly.

²³ And Moses said to the Lord, The people will not be able to come up the mountain, for you gave us orders to put limits round the mountain, marking it out and making it holy.

²⁴ And the Lord said to him, Go down, and you and Aaron may come up; but let not the priests and the people make their way through to the Lord, or he will come on them suddenly.

²⁵ So Moses went down to the people and said this to them.

¹ Now when you have come into the land which the Lord is giving you for your heritage, and you have made it yours and are living in it;

² You are to take a part of the first-fruits of the earth, which you get from the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket, and go to the place marked out by the Lord your God, as the resting-place of his name.

³ And you are to come to him who is priest at that time, and say to him, I give witness today before the Lord your God, that I have come into the land which the Lord made an oath to our fathers to give us.

⁴ Then the priest will take the basket from your hand and put it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God.

⁵ And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation:

⁶ And the Egyptians were cruel to us, crushing us under a hard yoke:

⁷ And our cry went up to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord's ear was open to the voice of our cry, and his eyes took note of our grief and the crushing weight of our work:

⁸ And the Lord took us out of Egypt with a strong hand and a stretched-out arm, with works of power and signs and wonders:

⁹ And he has been our guide to this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

¹⁰ So now, I have come here with the first of the fruits of the earth which you, O Lord, have given me. Then you will put it down before the Lord your God and give him worship:

¹¹ And you will have joy in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and to your family; and the Levite, and the man from a strange land who is with you, will take part in your joy.

¹² When you have taken out a tenth from the tenth of all your produce in the third year, which is the year when this has to be done, give it to the Levite, and the man from a strange land, and the child without a father, and the widow, so that they may have food in your towns and be full;

¹³ And say before the Lord your God, I have taken all the holy things out of my house and have given them to the Levite, and the man from a strange land, and him who has no father, and the widow, as you have given me orders: I have kept in mind all your orders, in nothing have I gone against them:

¹⁴ No part of these things has been used for food in a time of weeping, or put away when I was unclean, or given for the dead: I have given ear to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done all you have given me orders to do.

¹⁵ So, looking down from your holy place in heaven, send your blessing on your people Israel and on the land which you have given us, as you said in your oath to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.

¹⁶ Today the Lord your God gives you orders to keep all these laws and decisions: so then keep and do them with all your heart and all your soul.

¹⁷ Today you have given witness that the Lord is your God, and that you will go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions and give ear to his voice:

¹⁸ And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders;

¹⁹ And that he will make you high over all the nations he has made, in praise, in name, and in honour, and that you are to be a holy people to the Lord your God as he has said.