Exodus - 19

1 - In the third month, when the children of Israel - were gone forth out of the land of Egypt - , the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai - .

2 - For they were departed from Rephidim - , and were come to the desert of Sinai - , and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel - camped before the mount.

3 - And Moses - went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob - , and tell the children of Israel - ;

4 - Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.

5 - Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

6 - And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel - .

7 - And Moses - came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.

8 - And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses - returned the words of the people unto the LORD.

9 - 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 believe thee for ever. And Moses - told the words of the people unto the LORD.

10 - And the LORD said unto Moses - , Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,

11 - 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 - .

12 - 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:

13 - There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

14 - And Moses - went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

15 - And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.

16 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

17 - And Moses - brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

18 - And mount Sinai - was altogether on a 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.

19 - And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses - spake, and God answered him by a voice.

20 - And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai - , on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses - up to the top of the mount; and Moses - went up.

21 - 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.

22 - And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.

23 - And Moses - said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai - : for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

24 - And the LORD said unto him, Away, 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.

25 - So Moses - went down unto the people, and spake unto them.