Exodus:19:1-20
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In the third month of the departure of Israel out of the land of Egypt ,
on this day they came into the wilderness of Sinai :
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Exodus:19:2 @
For departing out of Raphidim ,
and coming to the desert of Sinai ,
they camped in the same place ,
and there Israel pitched their tents over against the mountain .
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Exodus:19:3 @
And Moses went up to God :
and the Lord called unto him from the mountain ,
and said :
Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob ,
and tell the children of Israel :
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You have seen what I have done to the Egyptians ,
how I have carried you upon the wings of eagles ,
and have taken you to myself .
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If therefore you will hear my voice ,
and keep my covenant ,
you shall be my peculiar possession above all people :
for all the earth is mine .
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And you shall be to me a priestly kingdom ,
and a holy nation .
Those are the words thou shalt speak to the children of Israel .
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Moses came ,
and calling together the elders of the people ,
he declared all the words which the Lord had commanded .
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And all the people answered together :
All that the Lord hath spoken ,
we will do .
And when Moses had related the people '
s words to the Lord ,
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Exodus:19:9 @
The Lord said to him :
Lo ,
now will I come to thee in the darkness of a cloud ,
that the people may hear me speaking to thee ,
and may believe thee for ever .
And Moses told the words of the people to the Lord .
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Exodus:19:10 @
And he said to him :
Go to the people ,
and sanctify them to day ,
and to morrow ,
and let them wash their garments
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Exodus:19:11 @
And let them 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 appoint certain limits to the people round about ,
and thou shalt say to them :
Take heed you go not up into the mount ,
and that ye touch not the borders thereof :
every one that toucheth the mount dying he shall die .
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No hands shall touch him ,
but he shall be stoned to death ,
or shall be shot through with arrows :
whether it be beast ,
or man ,
he shall not live .
When the trumpet shall begin to sound ,
then let them go up into the mount .
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Exodus:19:14 @
And Moses came down from the mount to the people ,
and sanctified them .
And when they had washed their garments ,
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Exodus:19:15 @
He said to them :
Be ready against the third day ,
and come not near your wives .
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And now the third day was come ,
and the morning appeared :
and behold thunders began to be heard ,
and lightning to flash ,
and a very thick cloud to cover the mount ,
and the noise of the trumpet sounded exceeding loud ,
and the people that was in the camp ,
feared .
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And when Moses had brought them forth to meet God from the place of the camp ,
they stood at the bottom of the mount .
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And all mount Sinai was on a smoke :
because the Lord was come down upon it in fire ,
and the smoke arose from it as out of a furnace :
and all the mount was terrible .
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And the sound of the trumpet grew by degrees louder and louder ,
and was drawn out to a greater length :
Moses spoke ,
and God answered him .
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Exodus:19:20 @
And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai ,
in the very top of the mount ,
and he called Moses unto the top thereof .
And when he was gone up thither ,