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And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holynation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
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And Mosescame and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORDcommanded him.
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And all the peopleansweredtogether, and said , All that the LORD hath spoken we will do . And Mosesreturned the words of the people unto the LORD.
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And the LORDsaid unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thickcloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Mosestold the words of the people unto the LORD.
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And the LORDsaid unto Moses,Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
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And be ready against the thirdday: for the thirdday the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mountSinai.
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And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about,saying , Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death :
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There shall not an handtouch it, but he shall surely be stoned , orshotthrough ; whether it be beastorman, it shall not live : when the trumpet soundeth long , they shall come up to the mount.
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And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
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And he said unto the people,Beready against the thirdday:come not at your wives.
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And it came to pass on the thirdday in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thickcloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpetexceedingloud; so that all the people that was in the camptrembled .