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In the third[H7992]month[H2320], when the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] were gone forth[H3318] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], the same day[H3117]came[H935] they into the wilderness[H4057] of Sinai[H5514].
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For they were departed[H5265] from Rephidim[H7508], and were come[H935] to the desert[H4057] of Sinai[H5514], and had pitched[H2583] in the wilderness[H4057]; and there Israel[H3478]camped[H2583] before the mount[H2022].
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And Moses[H4872] went up[H5927] unto God[H430], and the LORD[H3068]called[H7121] unto him out of the mountain[H2022], saying[H559], Thus shalt thou say[H559] to the house[H1004] of Jacob[H3290], and tell[H5046] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478];
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Ye have seen[H7200] what I did[H6213] unto the Egyptians[H4714], and how I bare[H5375] you on eagles[H5404]' wings[H3671], and brought[H935] you unto myself.
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Now therefore, if ye will obey[H8085] my voice[H6963]indeed[H8085], and keep[H8104] my covenant[H1285], then ye shall be a peculiar treasure[H5459] unto me above all people[H5971]: for all the earth[H776] is mine:
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And ye shall be unto me a kingdom[H4467] of priests[H3548], and an holy[H6918]nation[H1471]. These are the words[H1697] which thou shalt speak[H1696] unto the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
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And Moses[H4872]came[H935] and called[H7121] for the elders[H2205] of the people[H5971], and laid[H7760] before their faces[H6440] all these words[H1697] which the LORD[H3068]commanded[H6680] him.
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And all the people[H5971]answered[H6030]together[H3162], and said[H559], All that the LORD[H3068] hath spoken[H1696] we will do[H6213]. And Moses[H4872]returned[H7725] the words[H1697] of the people[H5971] unto the LORD[H3068].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Moses[H4872], Lo, I come[H935] unto thee in a thick[H5645]cloud[H6051], that the people[H5971] may hear[H8085] when I speak[H1696] with thee, and believe[H539] thee for ever[H5769]. And Moses[H4872]told[H5046] the words[H1697] of the people[H5971] unto the LORD[H3068].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Moses[H4872], Go[H3212] unto the people[H5971], and sanctify[H6942] them to day[H3117] and to morrow[H4279], and let them wash[H3526] their clothes[H8071],
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And be ready[H3559] against the third[H7992]day[H3117]: for the third[H7992]day[H3117] the LORD[H3068] will come down[H3381] in the sight[H5869] of all the people[H5971] upon mount[H2022]Sinai[H5514].
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And thou shalt set bounds[H1379] unto the people[H5971] round about[H5439], saying[H559], Take heed[H8104] to yourselves, that ye go not up[H5927] into the mount[H2022], or touch[H5060] the border[H7097] of it: whosoever toucheth[H5060] the mount[H2022] shall be surely[H4191] put to death[H4191]:
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There shall not an hand[H3027]touch[H5060] it, but he shall surely[H5619] be stoned[H5619], or[H176]shot[H3384]through[H3384]; whether it be beast[H929]or[H518]man[H376], it shall not live[H2421]: when the trumpet[H3104] soundeth long[H4900], they shall come up[H5927] to the mount[H2022].
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And Moses[H4872] went down[H3381] from the mount[H2022] unto the people[H5971], and sanctified[H6942] the people[H5971]; and they washed[H3526] their clothes[H8071].
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And he said[H559] unto the people[H5971], Be[H1961]ready[H3559] against the third[H7969]day[H3117]: come[H5066] not at your wives[H802].
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And it came to pass on the third[H7992]day[H3117] in the morning[H1242], that there were thunders[H6963] and lightnings[H1300], and a thick[H3515]cloud[H6051] upon the mount[H2022], and the voice[H6963] of the trumpet[H7782]exceeding[H3966]loud[H2389]; so that all the people[H5971] that was in the camp[H4264]trembled[H2729].
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And Moses[H4872] brought forth[H3318] the people[H5971] out of the camp[H4264] to meet[H7125] with God[H430]; and they stood[H3320] at the nether[H8482] part of the mount[H2022].
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And mount[H2022]Sinai[H5514] was altogether on a smoke[H6225], because[H6440] the LORD[H3068]descended[H3381] upon it in fire[H784]: and the smoke[H6227] thereof ascended[H5927] as the smoke[H6227] of a furnace[H3536], and the whole mount[H2022]quaked[H2729]greatly[H3966].
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And when the voice[H6963] of the trumpet[H7782]sounded[H6963]long[H1980], and waxed louder[H2390] and louder[H3966], Moses[H4872]spake[H1696], and God[H430]answered[H6030] him by a voice[H6963].
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And the LORD[H3068] came down[H3381] upon mount[H2022]Sinai[H5514], on the top[H7218] of the mount[H2022]: and the LORD[H3068]called[H7121]Moses[H4872]up[H5927]to[H413] the top[H7218] of the mount[H2022]; and Moses[H4872] went up[H5927].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Moses[H4872], Go down[H3381], charge[H5749] the people[H5971], lest they break through[H2040] unto the LORD[H3068] to gaze[H7200], and many[H7227] of them perish[H5307].
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And let the priests[H3548] also, which come near[H5066] to the LORD[H3068], sanctify[H6942] themselves, lest the LORD[H3068] break forth[H6555] upon them.
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And Moses[H4872]said[H559] unto the LORD[H3068], The people[H5971]cannot[H3201] come up[H5927] to mount[H2022]Sinai[H5514]: for thou chargedst[H5749] us, saying[H559], Set bounds[H1379] about the mount[H2022], and sanctify[H6942] it.
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto him, Away[H3212], get thee down[H3381], and thou shalt come up[H5927], thou, and Aaron[H175] with thee: but let not the priests[H3548] and the people[H5971] break through[H2040] to come up[H5927] unto the LORD[H3068], lest he break forth[H6555] upon them.
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So Moses[H4872] went down[H3381] unto the people[H5971], and spake[H559] unto them.