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These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the LORD commanded him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And all the people answered together, and said: ‘All that the LORD hath spoken we will do.’ And Moses reported the words of the people unto the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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 may also believe thee for ever.’ And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their garments, <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying: Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it; whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death; <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live; when the ram’s horn soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he said unto the people: ‘Be ready against the third day; come not near a woman.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a horn exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Now mount Sinai was altogether on 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And when the voice of the horn waxed louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the mount; and the LORD called Moses to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And let the priests also, that come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And Moses said unto the LORD: ‘The people cannot come up to mount Sinai; for thou didst charge us, saying: Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And the LORD said unto him: ‘Go, 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.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So Moses went down unto the people, and told them.</div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../exodus/18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Exodus 18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Exodus 18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../exodus/20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Exodus 20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Exodus 20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/exodus/19-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /> <table align="center" width="90%" style="max-width:900px"><tr><td> <div id="rcjsload_a957f3"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var referer="";try{if(referer=document.referrer,"undefined"==typeof referer||""==referer)throw"undefined"}catch(exception){referer=document.location.href,(""==referer||"undefined"==typeof referer)&&(referer=document.URL)}referer=referer.substr(0,700); 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