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1. In the third month after their departure from the land of Egypt, on its first day, the Israelites came to 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. After the journey from Rephidim to the desert of Sinai, they pitched camp. While Israel was encamped here 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. Moses went up the mountain to God. Then the LORD called to him and said, "Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob;
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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. tell the Israelites: You have seen for yourselves how I treated the Egyptians and how I bore you up on eagle wings and brought you here to myself.
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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. Therefore, if you hearken to my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my special possession, dearer to me than all other people, though all the 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 shall be to me a kingdom of priests, a holy nation. That is what you must tell the Israelites."
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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 and summoned the elders of the people. When he set before them all that the LORD had ordered him to tell them,
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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. the people all answered together, "Everything the LORD has said, we will do." Then Moses brought back to the LORD the response of the people.
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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. The LORD also told him, "I am coming to you in a dense cloud, so that when the people hear me speaking with you, they may always have faith in you also." When Moses, then, had reported to the LORD the response of the people,
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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 added, "Go to the people and have them sanctify themselves today and tomorrow. Make them wash their garments
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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 for the third day; for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai before the eyes of all the people.
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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. Set limits for the people all around the mountain, and tell them: Take care not to go up the mountain, or even to touch its base. If anyone touches the mountain, he 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. No hand shall touch him; he must be stoned to death or killed with arrows. Such a one, man or beast, must not be allowed to live. Only when the ram's horn resounds may they go up to 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. Then Moses came down from the mountain to the people and had them sanctify themselves and wash their garments.
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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. He warned them, "Be ready for the third day. Have no intercourse with any woman."
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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 were peals of thunder and lightning, and a heavy cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast, so that 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. But Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stationed themselves 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 all wrapped in smoke, for the LORD came down upon it in fire. The smoke rose from it as though from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently.
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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 trumpet blast grew louder and louder, while Moses was speaking and God answering him with thunder.
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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 to the top of Mount Sinai, he summoned Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up to him.
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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. Then the LORD told Moses, "Go down and warn the people not to break through toward the LORD in order to see him; otherwise many of them will be struck down.
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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. The priests, too, who approach the LORD must sanctify themselves; else he will vent his anger upon 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 said to the LORD, "The people cannot go up to Mount Sinai, for you yourself warned us to set limits around the mountain to make it sacred."
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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 repeated, "Go down now! Then come up again along with Aaron. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD; else he will vent his anger upon 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 this.
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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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