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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 NLT</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" /></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="../">NLT</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">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/exodus/19.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The LORD Reveals Himself at Sinai</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Exactly two months after the Israelites left Egypt,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> they arrived in the wilderness of Sinai. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>After breaking camp at Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and set up camp there at the base of Mount Sinai.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Moses climbed the mountain to appear before God. The LORD called to him from the mountain and said, “Give these instructions to the family of Jacob; announce it to the descendants of Israel: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. You know how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation.’ This is the message you must give to the people of Israel.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So Moses returned from the mountain and called together the elders of the people and told them everything the LORD had commanded him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And all the people responded together, “We will do everything the LORD has commanded.” So Moses brought the people’s answer back to the LORD.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will come to you in a thick cloud, Moses, so the people themselves can hear me when I speak with you. Then they will always trust you.”</p><p class="reg">Moses told the LORD what the people had said. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then the LORD told Moses, “Go down and prepare the people for my arrival. Consecrate them today and tomorrow, and have them wash their clothing. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Be sure they are ready on the third day, for on that day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai as all the people watch. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Mark off a boundary all around the mountain. Warn the people, ‘Be careful! Do not go up on the mountain or even touch its boundaries. Anyone who touches the mountain will certainly be put to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>No hand may touch the person or animal that crosses the boundary; instead, stone them or shoot them with arrows. They must be put to death.’ However, when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast, then the people may go up on the mountain.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a>”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So Moses went down to the people. He consecrated them for worship, and they washed their clothes. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He told them, “Get ready for the third day, and until then abstain from having sexual intercourse.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>On the morning of the third day, thunder roared and lightning flashed, and a dense cloud came down on the mountain. There was a long, loud blast from a ram’s horn, and all the people trembled. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Moses led them out from the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>All of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke because the LORD had descended on it in the form of fire. The smoke billowed into the sky like smoke from a brick kiln, and the whole mountain shook violently. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>As the blast of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God thundered his reply. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The LORD came down on the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses climbed the mountain.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then the LORD told Moses, “Go back down and warn the people not to break through the boundaries to see the LORD, or they will die. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Even the priests who regularly come near to the LORD must purify themselves so that the LORD does not break out and destroy them.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“But LORD,” Moses protested, “the people cannot come up to Mount Sinai. You already warned us. You told me, ‘Mark off a boundary all around the mountain to set it apart as holy.’”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But the LORD said, “Go down and bring Aaron back up with you. In the meantime, do not let the priests or the people break through to approach the LORD, or he will break out and destroy them.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/19-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So Moses went down to the people and told them what the LORD had said.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">19:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">In the third month after the Israelites left Egypt, on the very day,</span><span class="ft"> i.e., two lunar months to the day after leaving Egypt. Compare Num 33:3.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">19:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">up to the mountain.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.tyndale.com">Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.</a>, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 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