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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 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.