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a people dedicated to me alone, and you will serve me as priests."
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So Moses went down and called the leaders of the people together and told them everything that the Lord had commanded him.
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Then all the people answered together, "We will do everything that the Lord has said," and Moses reported this to the Lord.
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The Lord said to Moses, "I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that the people will hear me speaking with you and will believe you from now on." Moses told the Lord what the people had answered,
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and the Lord said to him, "Go to the people and tell them to spend today and tomorrow purifying themselves for worship. They must wash their clothes
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and be ready the day after tomorrow. On that day I will come down on Mount Sinai, where all the people can see me.
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Mark a boundary around the mountain that the people must not cross, and tell them not to go up the mountain or even get near it. If any of you set foot on it, you are to be put to death;
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you must either be stoned or shot with arrows, without anyone touching you. This applies to both people and animals; they must be put to death. But when the trumpet is blown, then the people are to go up to the mountain."
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Then Moses came down the mountain and told the people to get ready for worship. So they washed their clothes,
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and Moses told them, "Be ready by the day after tomorrow and don't have sexual intercourse in the meantime."
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On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud appeared on the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast was heard. All the people in the camp trembled with fear.
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