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the LORD said to Moses, "Go to the people and
1consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them
2wash their garments
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and be ready for the third day. For on the third day
3the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
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And you shall set limits for the people all around, saying, 'Take care not to go up into the mountain or touch the edge of it.
4Whoever 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
5the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain."
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So Moses
6went down from the mountain to the people and
7consecrated the people;
8and they washed their garments.
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And he said to the people, "Be ready for the
9third day;
10do not go near a woman."
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On the morning of the
11third day there were
12thunders and lightnings and
13a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud
14trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp
15trembled.
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Then
16Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain.
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Now
17Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and
18the whole mountain trembled greatly.
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And as the
19sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and
20God answered him in thunder.
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The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
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And the LORD said to Moses, "Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the LORD
21to look and many of them perish.
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Also let the priests who come near to the LORD
22consecrate themselves, lest the LORD
23break out against them."
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And Moses said to the LORD, "The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for you yourself warned us, saying,
24'Set limits around the mountain and consecrate it.'"