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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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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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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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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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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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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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Moses came; and calling together the elders of the people, he declared all the words which the Lord had commanded.
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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 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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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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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.