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And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, I come unto thee in a thick cloud that the people may hear when I speak with thee and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes
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and be ready for the third day; for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.
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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; whoever touches the mount shall surely die:
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Not a hand shall touch it, but that he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether
it be beast or man, it shall not live. When the jubilee sounds 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, Be ready against the third day; come not at
your women.
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And it came to pass on the third day when the morning came, that there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud upon the mount and the voice of the shofar {ram’s horn} exceeding loud, so that all the people that were in the camp trembled.
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And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the lower part of the mount.
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And all Mount Sinai smoked because the LORD had descended upon it in fire, and its smoke ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
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And the voice of the shofar sounded long and waxed louder and louder; Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.