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1 In the third month of the departure of Israel out of the land of Egypt, on this day they came into the wilderness of Sinai:
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On the third new moon after the Israelites had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that very day, they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
2 For departing out of Raphidim, and coming to the desert of Sinai, they camped in the same place, and there Israel pitched their tents over against the mountain.
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They had journeyed from Rephidim, entered the wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness; Israel camped there in front of the mountain.
3 And Moses went up to God; and the Lord called unto him from the mountain, and said: Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:
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Then Moses went up to God; the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the Israelites:
4 You have seen what I have done to the Egyptians, how I have carried you upon the wings of eagles, and have taken you to myself.
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You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.
5 If therefore you will hear my voice, and keep my covenant, you shall be my peculiar possession above all people: for all the earth is mine.
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Now therefore, if you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples. Indeed, the whole earth is mine,
6 And you shall be to me a priestly kingdom, and a holy nation. These are the words thou shalt speak to the children of Israel.
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but you shall be for me a priestly kingdom and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the Israelites."
7 Moses came; and calling together the elders of the people, he declared all the words which the Lord had commanded.
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So Moses came, summoned the elders of the people, and set before them all these words that the Lord had commanded him.
8 And all the people answered together: All that the Lord hath spoken, we will do. And when Moses had related the people’s words to the Lord,
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The people all answered as one: "Everything that the Lord has spoken we will do." Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord.
9 The Lord said to him: Lo, now will I come to thee in the darkness of a cloud, that the people may hear me speaking to thee, and may believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people to the Lord.
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Then the Lord said to Moses, "I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, in order that the people may hear when I speak with you and so trust you ever after." When Moses had told the words of the people to the Lord,
10 And he said to him: Go to the people, and sanctify them to day, and to morrow, and let them wash their garments.
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the Lord said to Moses: "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their clothes
11 And let them be ready against the third day; for on the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people, upon Mount Sinai.
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and prepare for the third day, because on the third day the Lord will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
12 And thou shalt appoint certain limits to the people round about, and thou shalt say to them: Take heed ye go not up into the mount, and that ye touch not the borders thereof: every one that toucheth the mount, dying he shall die.
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You shall set limits for the people all around, saying, "Be careful not to go up the mountain or to touch the edge of it. Any who touch the mountain shall be put to death.
13 No hands shall touch him, but he shall be stoned to death, or he shall be shot through with arrows: whether it be beast, or man, he shall not live. When the trumpet shall begin to sound, then let them go up into the mount.
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No hand shall touch them, but they shall be stoned or shot with arrows; whether animal or human being, they shall not live.' When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they may go up on the mountain."
14 And Moses came down from the mount to the people, and sanctified them. And when they had washed their garments,
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So Moses went down from the mountain to the people. He consecrated the people, and they washed their clothes.
15 He said to them: Be ready against the third day, and come not near your wives.
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And he said to the people, "Prepare for the third day; do not go near a woman."
16 And now the third day was come, and the morning appeared: and behold thunders began to be heard, and lightning to flash, and a very thick cloud to cover the mount, and the noise of the trumpet sounded exceeding loud; and the people that was in the camp, feared.
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On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, as well as a thick cloud on the mountain, and a blast of a trumpet so loud that all the people who were in the camp trembled.
17 And when Moses had brought them forth to meet God, from the place of the camp, they stood at the bottom of the mount.
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Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God. They took their stand at the foot of the mountain.
18 And all Mount Sinai was on a smoke: because the Lord was come down upon it in fire, and the smoke arose from it as out of a furnace: and all the mount was terrible.
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Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke, because the Lord had descended upon it in fire; the smoke went up like the smoke of a kiln, while the whole mountain shook violently.
19 And the sound of the trumpet grew by degrees louder and louder, and was drawn out to a greater length: Moses spoke, and God answered him.
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As the blast of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses would speak and God would answer him in thunder.
20 And the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai, in the very top of the mount, and he called Moses unto the top thereof. And when he was gone up thither,
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When the Lord descended upon Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain, the Lord summoned Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
21 He said unto him: Go down, and charge the people; lest they should have a mind to pass the limits to see the Lord, and a very great multitude of them should perish.
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Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go down and warn the people not to break through to the Lord to look; otherwise many of them will perish.
22 The priests also that come to the Lord, let them be sanctified, lest he strike them.
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Even the priests who approach the Lord must consecrate themselves or the Lord will break out against them."
23 And Moses said to the Lord: The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai: for thou didst charge, and command, saying: Set limits about the mount, and sanctify it.
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Moses said to the Lord, "The people are not permitted to come up to Mount Sinai; for you yourself warned us, saying, "Set limits around the mountain and keep it holy.' "
24 And the Lord said to him: Go, get thee down; and thou shalt come up, thou and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people pass the limits, nor come up to the Lord, lest he kill them.
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The Lord said to him, "Go down, and come up bringing Aaron with you; but do not let either the priests or the people break through to come up to the Lord; otherwise he will break out against them."
25 And Moses went down to the people and told them all.
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So Moses went down to the people and told them.
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