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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 with God; 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, and God 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.