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`And thou hast made a border [for] 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 [are] 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 [is] 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.'