The Lord covenants to make Israel a peculiar treasure, a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation—The people sanctify themselves—The Lord appears on Sinai amid fire, smoke, and earthquakes.
1 In the third month,
when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the ame
day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
2 For they were
departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched
in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
3 And Moses went up
unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt
thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
4 Ye have seen what I did
unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto
myself.
5 Now therefore, if ye
will obey my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then ye shall be peculiar
treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
6 And ye shall be unto
me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou
shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
7 And Moses came and
called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these
words which the LORD commanded him.
8 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 unto the LORD.
9 And the LORD said
unto Moses, Lo, I come unto 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 unto the LORD.
10 And the LORD said
unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let
them wash their clothes,
11 And be ready against
the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all
the people upon mount Sinai.
12 And thou shalt set
bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go
not go up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the
mount shall be surely put to death:
13 There shall not an
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.
14 And Moses went down
from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their
clothes.
15 And he said unto the
people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
16 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 was in the camp trembled.
17 And Moses brought
forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether
part of the mount.
18 And mount Sinai was
altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the
smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
19 And when the voice
of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder Moses spake, and God
answered him by a voice.
20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the
mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
21 And the LORD said
unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD
to gaze, and many of them perish.
22 And let the priests
also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break
forth upon them.
23 And Moses said unto
the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us,
saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
24 And the LORD said
unto him, Away, 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 the
LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
25 So Moses went down
unto the people, and spake unto them.
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