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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</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/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="/bmc//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="/exodus/">Exodus</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">&#9668;</a> Exodus 19 <a href="../exodus/20.htm" title="Exodus 20">&#9658;</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/exodus/19.htm">NIV</a> &#8226; <a href="/nlt/exodus/19.htm">NLT</a> &#8226; <a href="/esv/exodus/19.htm">ESV</a> &#8226; <a href="/kjv/exodus/19.htm">KJV</a> &#8226; <a href="/nkjv/exodus/19.htm">NKJ</a> &#8226; <a href="/nasb/exodus/19.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/exodus/19.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters&nbsp;&#9662;&nbsp;</a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Israel at Mount Sinai<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In the third month, on the same day of the month<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, &#8220;This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel: <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>&#8216;You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles&#8217; wings and brought you to Myself. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations&#8212;for the whole earth is Mine. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.&#8217; These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.&#8221; <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And all the people answered together, &#8220;We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.&#8221; <p class="reg"> So Moses brought their words back to the LORD. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The LORD said to Moses, &#8220;Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in you.&#8221; <p class="reg"> And Moses relayed to the LORD what the people had said. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses, &#8220;Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, &#8216;Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death. <A name="14"></a><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 with arrows&#8212;whether man or beast, he must not live.&#8217;<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="reg"> Only when the ram&#8217;s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span>&#8221; <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>&#8220;Be prepared for the third day,&#8221; he said to the people. &#8220;Do not draw near to a woman.&#8221; <A name="17"></a><p class="hdg">The LORD Visits Sinai<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram&#8217;s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And as the sound of the ram&#8217;s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder. <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up, <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>and the LORD said to him, &#8220;Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.&#8221; <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But Moses said to the LORD, &#8220;The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, for You solemnly warned us, &#8216;Put a boundary around the mountain and set it apart as holy.&#8217;<span class="thinq">&#8239;</span>&#8221; <A name="25"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/19-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And the LORD replied, &#8220;Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.&#8221; <p class="reg"><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><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Hebrew <i>In the third month, on the same day</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span>; that is, two months after leaving Egypt; see <a href="../numbers/33.htm#3">Numbers 33:3</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Cited in <a href="../hebrews/12.htm#20">Hebrews 12:20</a><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>may they go up on the mountain</i><span class="thin">&#8239;</span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> &copy; 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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