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1. Exactly three months after the Israelites had left Egypt, they reached the Desert of Sinai.
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1. In the third H7992 month H2320 , when the children H1121 of Israel H3478 were gone forth H3318 out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 , the same H2088 day H3117 came H935 they into the wilderness H4057 of Sinai H5514 .
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2. When they left Rephidim, they came to the Desert of Sinai and camped in the desert in front of the mountain.
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2. For they were departed H5265 from Rephidim H4480 H7508 , and were come H935 to the desert H4057 of Sinai H5514 , and had pitched H2583 in the wilderness H4057 ; and there H8033 Israel H3478 camped H2583 before H5048 the mount H2022 .
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3. Then Moses went up on the mountain to God. The Lord called to him from the mountain and said, "Say this to the family of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel:
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3. And Moses H4872 went up H5927 unto H413 God H430 , and the LORD H3068 called H7121 unto H413 him out of H4480 the mountain H2022 , saying H559 , Thus H3541 shalt thou say H559 to the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 , and tell H5046 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 ;
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4. 'Every one of you has seen what I did to the people of Egypt. You saw how I carried you out of Egypt, as if on eagle's wings. And I brought you here to me.
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4. Ye H859 have seen H7200 what H834 I did H6213 unto the Egyptians H4714 , and how I bore H5375 you on H5921 eagles H5404 ' wings H3671 , and brought H935 you unto H413 myself.
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5. So now if you obey me and keep my agreement, you will be my own possession, chosen from all nations. Even though the whole earth is mine,
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5. Now H6258 therefore, if H518 ye will obey my voice indeed H8085 H8085 H6963 , and keep H8104 H853 my covenant H1285 , then ye shall be H1961 a peculiar treasure H5459 unto me above all H4480 H3605 people H5971 : for H3588 all H3605 the earth H776 is mine:
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6. you will be my kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' You must tell the Israelites these words."
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6. And ye H859 shall be H1961 unto me a kingdom H4467 of priests H3548 , and a holy H6918 nation H1471 . These H428 are the words H1697 which H834 thou shalt speak H1696 unto H413 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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7. So Moses went down and called the older leaders of the people together. He told them all the words the Lord had commanded him to say.
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7. And Moses H4872 came H935 and called H7121 for the elders H2205 of the people H5971 , and laid H7760 before their faces H6440 H853 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 him.
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8. All the people answered together, "We will do everything he has said." Then Moses took their answer back to the Lord.
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8. And all H3605 the people H5971 answered H6030 together H3162 , and said H559 , All H3605 that H834 the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 we will do H6213 . And Moses H4872 returned H7725 H853 the words H1697 of the people H5971 unto H413 the LORD H3068 .
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9. And the Lord said to Moses, "I will come to you in a thick cloud and speak to you. The people will hear me speaking with you and will always trust you." Then Moses told the Lord what the people had said.
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9. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Moses H4872 , Lo H2009 , I H595 come H935 unto H413 thee in a thick H5645 cloud H6051 , that H5668 the people H5971 may hear H8085 when I speak H1696 with H5973 thee , and believe H539 thee forever H5769 . And Moses H4872 told H5046 H853 the words H1697 of the people H5971 unto H413 the LORD H3068 .
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10. The Lord said to Moses, "Go to the people and have them spend today and tomorrow preparing themselves. They must wash their clothes
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10. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Moses H4872 , Go H1980 unto H413 the people H5971 , and sanctify H6942 them today H3117 and tomorrow H4279 , and let them wash H3526 their clothes H8071 ,
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11. and be ready by the day after tomorrow. On that day I, the Lord, will come down on Mount Sinai, and all the people will see me.
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11. And be H1961 ready H3559 against the third H7992 day H3117 : for H3588 the third H7992 day H3117 the LORD H3068 will come down H3381 in the sight H5869 of all H3605 the people H5971 upon H5921 mount H2022 Sinai H5514 .
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12. But you must set a limit around the mountain that the people are not to cross. Tell them not to go up on the mountain and not to touch the foot of it. Anyone who touches the mountain must be put to death
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12. And thou shalt set bounds H1379 H853 unto the people H5971 round about H5439 , saying H559 , Take heed H8104 to yourselves, that ye go not up H5927 into the mount H2022 , or touch H5060 the border H7097 of it: whosoever H3605 toucheth H5060 the mount H2022 shall be surely put to death H4191 H4191 :
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13. with stones or shot with arrows. No one is allowed to touch him. Whether it is a person or an animal, he will not live. But the trumpet will make a long blast, and only then may the people go up on the mountain."
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13. There shall not H3808 a hand H3027 touch H5060 it, but H3588 he shall surely be stoned H5619 H5619 , or H176 shot through H3384 H3384 ; whether H518 it be beast H929 or H518 man H376 , it shall not H3808 live H2421 : when the trumpet H3104 soundeth long H4900 , they H1992 shall come up H5927 to the mount H2022 .
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14. After Moses went down from the mountain to the people, he made them prepare themselves for service to God, and they washed their clothes.
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14. And Moses H4872 went down H3381 from H4480 the mount H2022 unto H413 the people H5971 , and sanctified H6942 H853 the people H5971 ; and they washed H3526 their clothes H8071 .
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15. Then Moses said to the people, "Be ready in three days. Do not have sexual relations during this time."
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15. And he said H559 unto H413 the people H5971 , Be H1961 ready H3559 against the third H7969 day H3117 : come H5066 not H408 at H413 your wives H802 .
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16. On the morning of the third day, there was thunder and lightning with a thick cloud on the mountain. There was a very loud blast from a trumpet, and all the people in the camp trembled.
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16. And it came to pass H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117 in the morning H1242 , that there were H1961 thunders H6963 and lightnings H1300 , and a thick H3515 cloud H6051 upon H5921 the mount H2022 , and the voice H6963 of the trumpet H7782 exceeding H3966 loud H2389 ; so that all H3605 the people H5971 that H834 was in the camp H4264 trembled H2729 .
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17. Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
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17. And Moses H4872 brought forth H3318 H853 the people H5971 out of H4480 the camp H4264 to meet H7125 with God H430 ; and they stood H3320 at the nether part H8482 of the mount H2022 .
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18. Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lordcame down on it in fire. The smoke rose from the mountain like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain shook wildly.
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18. And mount H2022 Sinai H5514 was altogether H3605 on a smoke H6225 , because H4480 H6440 H834 the LORD H3068 descended H3381 upon H5921 it in fire H784 : and the smoke H6227 thereof ascended H5927 as the smoke H6227 of a furnace H3536 , and the whole H3605 mount H2022 quaked H2729 greatly H3966 .
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19. The sound from the trumpet became louder. Then Moses spoke, and the voice of God answered him.
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19. And when H1961 the voice H6963 of the trumpet H7782 sounded long H1980 , and waxed louder and louder H2388 H3966 , Moses H4872 spoke H1696 , and God H430 answered H6030 him by a voice H6963 .
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20. When the Lord came down on top of Mount Sinai, he called Moses to come up to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
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20. And the LORD H3068 came down H3381 upon H5921 mount H2022 Sinai H5514 , on H413 the top H7218 of the mount H2022 : and the LORD H3068 called H7121 Moses H4872 up to H413 the top H7218 of the mount H2022 ; and Moses H4872 went up H5927 .
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21. The Lord said to Moses, "Go down and warn the people that they must not force their way through to see me. If they do, many of them will die.
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21. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Moses H4872 , Go down H3381 , charge H5749 the people H5971 , lest H6435 they break through H2040 unto H413 the LORD H3068 to gaze H7200 , and many H7227 of H4480 them perish H5307 .
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22. Even the priests, who may come near me, must first prepare themselves. If they don't, I, the Lord, will punish them."
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22. And let the priests H3548 also H1571 , which come near H5066 to H413 the LORD H3068 , sanctify themselves H6942 , lest H6435 the LORD H3068 break forth H6555 upon them.
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23. Moses told the Lord, "The people cannot come up on Mount Sinai, because you yourself told us, 'Set a limit around the mountain, and set it apart as holy.'"
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23. And Moses H4872 said H559 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , The people H5971 cannot H3808 H3201 come up H5927 to H413 mount H2022 Sinai H5514 : for H3588 thou H859 chargedst H5749 us, saying H559 , Set bounds H1379 H853 about the mount H2022 , and sanctify H6942 it.
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24. The Lord said to him, "Go down and bring Aaron up with you, but don't allow the priests or the people to force their way through. They must not come up to the Lord, or I will punish them."
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24. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 him, Away H1980 , get thee down H3381 , and thou shalt come up H5927 , thou H859 , and Aaron H175 with H5973 thee : but let not H408 the priests H3548 and the people H5971 break through H2040 to come up H5927 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , lest H6435 he break forth H6555 upon them.
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25. So Moses went down to the people and told them these things.
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25. So Moses H4872 went down H3381 unto H413 the people H5971 , and spoke H559 unto H413 them.
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