Exodus 19 : 1 (LXXEN)
And in the third month of the departure of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, on the same day, they came into the wilderness of Sina.
Exodus 19 : 2 (LXXEN)
And they departed from Raphidin, and came into the wilderness of Sina, and there Israel encamped before the mountain.
Exodus 19 : 3 (LXXEN)
And Moses went up to the mount of God, and God called him out of the mountain, saying, These things shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and thou shalt report them to the children of Israel.
Exodus 19 : 4 (LXXEN)
Ye have seen all that I have done to the Egyptians, and I took you up as upon eagles’ wings, and I brought you near to myself.
Exodus 19 : 5 (LXXEN)
And now if ye will indeed hear my voice, and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations; for the whole earth is mine.
Exodus 19 : 6 (LXXEN)
And ye shall be to me a royal priesthood and a holy nation: these words shalt thou speak to the children of Israel.
Exodus 19 : 7 (LXXEN)
And Moses came and called the elders of the people, and he set before them all these words, which God appointed them.
Exodus 19 : 8 (LXXEN)
And all the people answered with one accord, and said, All things that God has spoken, we will do and hearken to: and Moses reported these words to God.
Exodus 19 : 9 (LXXEN)
And the Lord said to Moses, Lo! I come to thee in a pillar of a cloud, that the people may hear me speaking to thee, and may believe thee for ever: and Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord.
Exodus 19 : 10 (LXXEN)
And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and solemnly charge the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their garments.
Exodus 19 : 11 (LXXEN)
And let them be ready against the third day, for on the third day the Lord will descend upon mount Sina before all the people.
Exodus 19 : 12 (LXXEN)
And thou shalt separate the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves that ye go not up into the mountain, nor touch any part of it: every one that touches the mountain shall surely die.
Exodus 19 : 13 (LXXEN)
A hand shall not touch it, for every one that touches shall be stoned with stones or shot through with a dart, whether beast or whether man, it shall not live: when the voices and trumpets and cloud depart from off the mountain, they shall come up on the mountain.
Exodus 19 : 14 (LXXEN)
And Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified them, and they washed their clothes.
Exodus 19 : 15 (LXXEN)
And he said to the people, Be ready: for three days come not near to a woman.
Exodus 19 : 16 (LXXEN)
And it came to pass on the third day, as the morning drew nigh, there were voices and lightnings and a dark cloud on mount Sina: the voice of the trumpet sounded loud, and all the people in the camp trembled.
Exodus 19 : 17 (LXXEN)
And Moses led the people forth out of the camp to meet God, and they stood by under the camp.
Exodus 19 : 18 (LXXEN)
The mount of Sina was altogether on a smoke, because God had descended upon it in fire; and the smoke went up as the smoke of a furnace, and the people were exceedingly amazed.
Exodus 19 : 19 (LXXEN)
And the sounds of the trumpet were waxing very much louder. Moses spoke, and God answered him with a voice.
Exodus 19 : 20 (LXXEN)
And the Lord came down upon mount Sina on the top of the mountain; and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
Exodus 19 : 21 (LXXEN)
And God spoke to Moses, saying, Go down, and solemnly charge the people, lest at any time they draw nigh to God to gaze, and a multitude of them fall.
Exodus 19 : 22 (LXXEN)
And let the priests that draw nigh to the Lord God sanctify themselves, lest he *Gr. change; apallatew is used in this sense elsewhere; q. d. remove by destroying destroy some of them.
Exodus 19 : 23 (LXXEN)
And Moses said to God, The people will not be able to approach to the mount of Sina, for thou hast solemnly charged us, saying, Set bounds to the mountain and sanctify it.
Exodus 19 : 24 (LXXEN)
And the Lord said to him, Go, descend, and come up thou and Aaron with thee; but let not the priests and the people *See Lu 16:16, which perhaps refers to this passage force their way to come up to God, lest the Lord destroy some of them.
Exodus 19 : 25 (LXXEN)
And Moses went down to the people, and spoke to them.
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