Exodus Chapter 19
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And Moses said, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, Let an omerful of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread wherewith I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
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And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omerful of manna therein, and lay it up before Jehovah, to be kept throughout your generations.
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As Jehovah commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
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And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat the manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
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Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
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And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to the commandment of Jehovah, and encamped in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
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Wherefore the people strove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why strive ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt Jehovah?
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And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
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And Moses cried unto Jehovah, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they are almost ready to stone me.
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And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pass on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thy hand, and go.
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Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
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And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?
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Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
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And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.
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So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
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And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.
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But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
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And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
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and Jehovah said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
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And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi;
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and he said, Jehovah hath sworn: Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
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Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Jehovah had brought Israel out of Egypt.
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And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her away,
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and her two sons; of whom the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land:
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and the name of the other was Eliezer; for
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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In the third month after the departure of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they [into] the wilderness of Sinai:
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they departed from Rephidim, and came [into] the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in the wilderness; and Israel encamped there before the mountain.
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And Moses went up toGod, and Jehovah called to him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:
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Ye have seen what I have done to the Egyptians, and [how] I have borne you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.
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And now, if ye will hearken to my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then shall ye be my own possession out of all the peoples — for all the earth is mine —
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and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel.
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And Moses came and called the elders of the people, and laid before them all these words which Jehovah had commanded him.
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And all the people answered together, and said, All that Jehovah has spoken will we do! And Moses brought the words of the people back to Jehovah.
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And Jehovah said to Moses, Lo, I will come to thee in the cloud's thick darkness, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee also for ever. And Moses told the words of the people to Jehovah.
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And Jehovah said to Moses, Go to the people, and hallow them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their clothes;
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and let them be ready for the third day; for on the third day Jehovah will come down before the eyes of all the people on mount Sinai.
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And set bounds round about the people, saying, Take heed to yourselves, [not] to go up unto the mountain nor touch the border of it: whatever toucheth the mountain shall certainly be put to death:
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not a hand shall touch it, but it shall certainly be stoned, or shot through; whether it be a beast or a man, it shall not live. When the long drawn note of the trumpet soundeth, they shall come up to the mountain.
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And Moses came down from the mountain to the people, and hallowed the people; and they washed their clothes.
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And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day; do not come near [your] wives.
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And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of the trumpet exceeding loud; and the whole people that was in the camp trembled.
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And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet withGod; and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
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And the whole of mount Sinai smoked, because Jehovah descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended as the smoke of a furnace; and the whole mountain shook greatly.
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And the sound of the trumpet increased and became exceeding loud; Moses spoke, andGod answered him by a voice.
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And Jehovah came down on mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain; and Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
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And Jehovah said to Moses, Go down, testify to the people that they break not through to Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.
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And the priests also, who come near to Jehovah, shall hallow themselves, lest Jehovah break forth on them.
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And Moses said to Jehovah, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai; for thou hast testified to us, saying, Set bounds about the mountain, and hallow it.
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And Jehovah said to him, Go, descend, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee; but the priests and the people shall not break through to go up to Jehovah, lest he break forth on them.
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So Moses went down to the people, and told them.
lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM
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And in the third month of the departure of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, on the same day, they came into the wilderness of Sina.
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And they departed from Raphidin, and came into the wilderness of Sina, and there Israel encamped before the mountain.
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And Moses went up to the mount of God, and God called him out of the mountain, saying, These things shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and thou shalt report them to the children of Israel.
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Ye have seen all that I have done to the Egyptians, and I took you up as upon eagles' wings, and I brought you near to myself.
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And now if ye will indeed hear my voice, and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations; for the whole earth is mine.
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And ye shall be to me a royal priesthood and a holy nation: these words shalt thou speak to the children of Israel.
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And Moses came and called the elders of the people, and he set before them all these words, which God appointed them.
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And all the people answered with one accord, and said, All things that God has spoken, we will do and hearken to: and Moses reported these words to God.
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And the Lord said to Moses, Lo! I come to thee in a pillar of a cloud, that the people may hear me speaking to thee, and may believe thee for ever: and Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord.
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And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and solemnly charge the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their garments.
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And let them be ready against the third day, for on the third day the Lord will descend upon mount Sina before all the people.
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And thou shalt separate the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves that ye go not up into the mountain, nor touch any part of it: every one that touches the mountain shall surely die.
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A hand shall not touch it, for [every one that touches] shall be stoned with stones or shot through with a dart, whether beast or whether man, it shall not live: when the voices and trumpets and cloud depart from off the mountain, they shall come up on the mountain.
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And Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified them, and they washed their clothes.
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And he said to the people, Be ready: for three days come not near to a woman.
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And it came to pass on the third day, as the morning drew nigh, there were voices and lightnings and a dark cloud on mount Sina: the voice of the trumpet sounded loud, and all the people in the camp trembled.
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And Moses led the people forth out of the camp to meet God, and they stood by under the mountain.
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The mount of Sina was altogether on a smoke, because God had descended upon it in fire; and the smoke went up as the smoke of a furnace, and the people were exceedingly amazed.
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And the sounds of the trumpet were waxing very much louder. Moses spoke, and God answered him with a voice.
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And the Lord came down upon mount Sina on the top of the mountain; and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
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And God spoke to Moses, saying, Go down, and solemnly charge the people, lest at any time they draw nigh to God to gaze, and a multitude of them fall.
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And let the priests that draw nigh to the Lord God sanctify themselves, lest he destroy some of them.
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And Moses said to God, The people will not be able to approach to the mount of Sina, for thou hast solemnly charged us, saying, Set bounds to the mountain and sanctify it.
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And the Lord said to him, Go, descend, and come up thou and Aaron with thee; but let not the priests and the people force their way to come up to God, lest the Lord destroy some of them.
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And Moses went down to the people, and spoke to them.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Mense tertio egressionis Israel de Terra Ægypti, in die hac venerunt in solitudinem Sinai.
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Nam profecti de Raphidim, et pervenientes usque in desertum Sinai, castrametati sunt in eodem loco, ibique Israel fixit tentoria e regione montis.
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Moyses autem ascendit ad Deum, vocavitque eum Dominus de monte, et ait: Hæc dices domui Iacob, et annunciabis filiis Israel:
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Vos ipsi vidistis, quæ fecerim Ægyptiis, quo modo portaverim vos super alas aquilarum, et assumpserim mihi.
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Si ergo audieritis vocem meam, et custodieritis pactum meum, eritis mihi in peculium de cunctis populis: mea est enim omnis terra.
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Et vos eritis mihi in regnum sacerdotale, et gens sancta. hæc sunt verba quæ loqueris ad filios Israel.
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Venit Moyses: et convocatis maioribus natu populi, exposuit omnes sermones quos mandaverat Dominus.
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Responditque omnis populus simul: Cuncta quæ locutus est Dominus, faciemus. Cumque retulisset Moyses verba populi ad Dominum,
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ait ei Dominus: Iam nunc veniam ad te in caligine nubis, ut audiat me populus loquentem ad te, et credat tibi in perpetuum. Nunciavit ergo Moyses verba populi ad Dominum.
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Qui dixit ei: Vade ad populum, et sanctifica illos hodie, et cras, laventque vestimenta sua.
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Et sint parati in diem tertium: in die enim tertia descendet Dominus coram omni plebe super montem Sinai.
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Constituesque terminos populo per circuitum, et dices ad eos: Cavete ne ascendatis in montem, nec tangatis fines illius: omnis qui tetigerit montem, morte morietur.
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Manus non tanget eum, sed lapidibus opprimetur, aut confodietur iaculis: sive iumentum fuerit, sive homo, non vivet. cum cœperit clangere buccina, tunc ascendant in montem.
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Descenditque Moyses de monte ad populum, et sanctificavit eum. Cumque lavissent vestimenta sua,
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ait ad eos: Estote parati in diem tertium, et ne appropinquetis uxoribus vestris.
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Iamque advenerat tertius dies, et mane inclaruerat: et ecce cœperunt audiri tonitrua, ac micare fulgura, et nubes densissima operire montem, clangorque buccinæ vehementius perstrepebat: et timuit populus qui erat in castris.
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Cumque eduxisset eos Moyses in occursum Dei de loco castrorum, steterunt ad radices montis.
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Totus autem mons Sinai fumabat: eo quod descendisset Dominus super eum in igne, et ascenderet fumus ex eo quasi de fornace: eratque omnis mons terribilis.
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Et sonitus buccinæ paulatim crescebat in maius, et prolixius tendebatur: Moyses loquebatur, et Deus respondebat ei.
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Descenditque Dominus super montem Sinai in ipso montis vertice, et vocavit Moysen in cacumen eius. Quo cum ascendisset,
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dixit ad eum: Descende, et contestare populum: ne forte velit transcendere terminos ad videndum Dominum, et pereat ex eis plurima multitudo.
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Sacerdotes quoque qui accedunt ad Dominum, sanctificentur, ne percutiat eos.
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Dixitque Moyses ad Dominum: Non poterit vulgus ascendere in montem Sinai: tu enim testificatus es, et iussisti, dicens: Pone terminos circa montem, et sanctifica illum.
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Cui ait Dominus: Vade, descende: ascendesque tu, et Aaron tecum: sacerdotes autem et populus ne transeant terminos, nec ascendant ad Dominum, ne forte interficiat illos.
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Descenditque Moyses ad populum, et omnia narravit eis.
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In the third month after the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
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When they had departed from Rephidim, and had come to the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness; and there Israel encamped before the mountain.
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Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, “This is what you shall tell the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:
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‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to myself.
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Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;
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and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”
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Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the LORD commanded him.
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All the people answered together, and said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do.” Moses reported the words of the people to the LORD.
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The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever.” Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.
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The LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,
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and be ready for the third day; for on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai.
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You shall set bounds to the people all around, saying, ‘Be careful that you don’t go up onto the mountain, or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death.
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No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether it is animal or man, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come up to the mountain.”
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Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
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He said to the people, “Be ready by the third day. Don’t have sexual relations with a woman.”
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On the third day, when it was morning, there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people who were in the camp trembled.
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Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the lower part of the mountain.
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All of Mount Sinai smoked, because the LORD descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.
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When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.
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The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. The LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
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The LORD said to Moses, “Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
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Let the priests also, who come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break out on them.”
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Moses said to the LORD, “The people can’t come up to Mount Sinai, for you warned us, saying, ‘Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify it.’”
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The LORD said to him, “Go down! You shall bring Aaron up with you, but don’t let the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest he break out against them.”
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So Moses went down to the people, and told them.
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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In the third month of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in this day they have come into the wilderness of Sinai,
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and they journey from Rephidim, and enter the wilderness of Sinai, and encamp in the wilderness; and Israel encampeth there before the mount.
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And Moses hath gone up unto God, and Jehovah calleth unto him out of the mount, saying, `Thus dost thou say to the house of Jacob, and declare to the sons of Israel,
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Ye--ye have seen that which I have done to the Egyptians, and I bear you on eagles' wings, and bring you in unto Myself.
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`And now, if ye really hearken to My voice, then ye have kept My covenant, and been to Me a peculiar treasure more than all the peoples, for all the earth <FI>is<Fi> Mine;
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and ye--ye are to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation: these <FI>are<Fi> the words which thou dost speak unto the sons of Israel.'
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And Moses cometh, and calleth for the elders of the people, and setteth before them all these words which Jehovah hath commanded him;
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and all the people answer together and say, `All that Jehovah hath spoken we do;' and Moses returneth the words of the people unto Jehovah.
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And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Lo, I am coming unto thee in the thickness of the cloud, so that the people hear in My speaking with thee, and also believe in thee to the age;' and Moses declareth the words of the people unto Jehovah.
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And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go unto the people; and thou hast sanctified them to-day and to-morrow, and they have washed their garments,
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and have been prepared for the third day; for on the third day doth Jehovah come down before the eyes of all the people, on mount Sinai.
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`And thou hast made a border <FI>for<Fi> the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, going up into the mount, or coming against its extremity; whoever is coming against the mount is certainly put to death;
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a hand cometh not against him, for he is certainly stoned or shot through, whether beast or man it liveth not; in the drawing out of the jubilee cornet they go up into the mount.'
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And Moses cometh down from the mount unto the people, and sanctifieth the people, and they wash their garments;
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and he saith unto the people, `Be ye prepared for the third day, come not nigh unto a woman.'
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And it cometh to pass, on the third day, while it is morning, that there are voices, and lightnings, and a heavy cloud, on the mount, and the sound of a trumpet very strong; and all the people who <FI>are<Fi> in the camp do tremble.
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And Moses bringeth out the people to meet God from the camp, and they station themselves at the lower part of the mount,
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and mount Sinai <FI>is<Fi> wholly a smoke from the presence of Jehovah, who hath come down on it in fire, and its smoke goeth up as smoke of the furnace, and the whole mount trembleth exceedingly;
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and the sound of the trumpet is going on, and very strong; Moses speaketh, and God doth answer him with a voice.
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And Jehovah cometh down on mount Sinai, unto the top of the mount, and Jehovah calleth for Moses unto the top of the mount, and Moses goeth up.
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And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go down, protest to the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to see, and many of them have fallen;
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and also the priests who are coming nigh unto Jehovah do sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth on them.'
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And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `The people <FI>is<Fi> unable to come up unto mount Sinai, for Thou--Thou hast protested to us, saying, Make a border <FI>for<Fi> the mount, then thou hast sanctified it.'
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And Jehovah saith unto him, `Go, descend, then thou hast come up, thou, and Aaron with thee; and the priests and the people do not break through, to come up unto Jehovah, lest He break forth upon them.'
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And Moses goeth down unto the people, and saith unto them: --
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A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
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Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
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