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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Exodus 19 NET Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/19.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/19-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NET Bible</a> > Exodus 19</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/18.htm" title="Exodus 18">◄</a> Exodus 19 <a href="../exodus/20.htm" title="Exodus 20">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/exodus/19.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">Israel at Sinai</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In the third month after the Israelites went out from the land of Egypt, on the very day, they came to the Desert of Sinai. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>After they journeyed from Rephidim, they came to the Desert of Sinai, and they camped in the desert; Israel camped there in front of the mountain.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Moses went up to God, and the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> called to him from the mountain, “Thus you will tell the house of Jacob, and declare to the people of Israel: <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt and how I lifted you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine, <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So Moses came and summoned the elders of Israel. He set before them all these words that the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> had commanded him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>and all the people answered together, “All that the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> has commanded we will do!” So Moses brought the words of the people back to the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> said to Moses, “I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe in you.” And Moses told the words of the people to the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> said to Moses, “Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and make them wash their clothes <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and be ready for the third day, for on the third day the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>You must set boundaries for the people all around, saying, ‘Take heed to yourselves not to go up on the mountain nor touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death! <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>No hand will touch him – but he will surely be stoned or shot through, whether a beast or a human being; he must not live.’ When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast they may go up on the mountain.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day. Do not go near your wives.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>On the third day in the morning there was thunder and lightning and a dense cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very loud horn; all the people who were in the camp trembled. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their place at the foot of the mountain. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now Mount Sinai was completely covered with smoke because the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> had descended on it in fire, and its smoke went up like the smoke of a great furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>When the sound of the horn grew louder and louder, Moses was speaking and God was answering him with a voice.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> came down on Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain, and the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> summoned Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> said to Moses, “Go down and solemnly warn the people, lest they force their way through to the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> to look, and many of them perish. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Let the priests also, who approach the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, sanctify themselves, lest the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> break through against them.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Moses said to the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, “The people are not able to come up to Mount Sinai, because you solemnly warned us, ‘Set boundaries for the mountain and set it apart.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> said to him, “Go, get down, and come up, and Aaron with you, but do not let the priests and the people force their way through to come up to the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, lest he break through against them.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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