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Now therefore, if you will obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my own possession 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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So Moses came and called the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the LORD had commanded him.
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And all the people answered together and said, "All that the LORD has spoken we will do." And Moses reported the words of the people to the LORD.
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And the LORD said to Moses, "Lo, I am coming to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you for ever." Then Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.
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And the LORD said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,
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and be ready by the third day; for on the third day the LORD will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
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And you shall set bounds for the people round about, saying, 'Take heed that you do not go up into the mountain or touch the border of it; whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death;
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no hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot; whether beast or man, he shall not live.' When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain."
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So Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and consecrated the people; and they washed their garments.
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And he said to the people, "Be ready by the third day; do not go near a woman."