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1. In the third month after the people of Israel left Egypt, they came to the Sinai Desert on the same day.
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1. In the third H7992 month H2320 , when the children H1121 of Israel H3478 were gone forth H3318 out of the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 , the same H2088 day H3117 came H935 they into the wilderness H4057 of Sinai H5514 .
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2. They had left Rephidim and had come to the Sinai Desert. There Israel set up their tents in front of the mountain.
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2. For they were departed H5265 from Rephidim H4480 H7508 , and were come H935 to the desert H4057 of Sinai H5514 , and had pitched H2583 in the wilderness H4057 ; and there H8033 Israel H3478 camped H2583 before H5048 the mount H2022 .
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3. And Moses went up to God. The Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, "Say this to the house of Jacob and tell the people of Israel:
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3. And Moses H4872 went up H5927 unto H413 God H430 , and the LORD H3068 called H7121 unto H413 him out of H4480 the mountain H2022 , saying H559 , Thus H3541 shalt thou say H559 to the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 , and tell H5046 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 ;
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4. 'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself.
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4. Ye H859 have seen H7200 what H834 I did H6213 unto the Egyptians H4714 , and how I bore H5375 you on H5921 eagles H5404 ' wings H3671 , and brought H935 you unto H413 myself.
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5. Now then, if you will obey My voice and keep My agreement, you will belong to Me from among all nations. For all the earth is Mine.
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5. Now H6258 therefore, if H518 ye will obey my voice indeed H8085 H8085 H6963 , and keep H8104 H853 my covenant H1285 , then ye shall be H1961 a peculiar treasure H5459 unto me above all H4480 H3605 people H5971 : for H3588 all H3605 the earth H776 is mine:
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6. You will be to Me a nation of religious leaders, a holy nation.' These are the words you will speak to the people of Israel."
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6. And ye H859 shall be H1961 unto me a kingdom H4467 of priests H3548 , and a holy H6918 nation H1471 . These H428 are the words H1697 which H834 thou shalt speak H1696 unto H413 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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7. So Moses came and called the leaders of the people. He told them all these words which the Lord had told him.
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7. And Moses H4872 came H935 and called H7121 for the elders H2205 of the people H5971 , and laid H7760 before their faces H6440 H853 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 him.
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8. And all the people answered together and said, "We will do all that the Lord has said!" Then Moses went to tell the Lord what the people had said.
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8. And all H3605 the people H5971 answered H6030 together H3162 , and said H559 , All H3605 that H834 the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 we will do H6213 . And Moses H4872 returned H7725 H853 the words H1697 of the people H5971 unto H413 the LORD H3068 .
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9. The Lord said to Moses, "See, I will come to you in a thick cloud. So the people may hear when I speak with you, and may believe you forever." Then Moses told the Lord what the people had said.
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9. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Moses H4872 , Lo H2009 , I H595 come H935 unto H413 thee in a thick H5645 cloud H6051 , that H5668 the people H5971 may hear H8085 when I speak H1696 with H5973 thee , and believe H539 thee forever H5769 . And Moses H4872 told H5046 H853 the words H1697 of the people H5971 unto H413 the LORD H3068 .
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10. The Lord said to Moses, "Go to the people. Today and tomorrow set them apart to be holy. Have them wash their clothes.
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10. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Moses H4872 , Go H1980 unto H413 the people H5971 , and sanctify H6942 them today H3117 and tomorrow H4279 , and let them wash H3526 their clothes H8071 ,
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11. And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day people will see the Lord come down on Mount Sinai.
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11. And be H1961 ready H3559 against the third H7992 day H3117 : for H3588 the third H7992 day H3117 the LORD H3068 will come down H3381 in the sight H5869 of all H3605 the people H5971 upon H5921 mount H2022 Sinai H5514 .
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12. Let the people know the places all around that they must not pass. Tell them, 'Be careful that you do not go up on the mountain or touch any place around it. Whoever touches the mountain will be put to death.
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12. And thou shalt set bounds H1379 H853 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 H3605 toucheth H5060 the mount H2022 shall be surely put to death H4191 H4191 :
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13. No hand will touch him. But he will be killed with stones or arrows. If he be animal or man, he will not live.' When a long sound from a horn is heard, they may come up to the mountain."
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13. There shall not H3808 a hand H3027 touch H5060 it, but H3588 he shall surely be stoned H5619 H5619 , or H176 shot through H3384 H3384 ; whether H518 it be beast H929 or H518 man H376 , it shall not H3808 live H2421 : when the trumpet H3104 soundeth long H4900 , they H1992 shall come up H5927 to the mount H2022 .
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14. So Moses went down from the mountain to the people. He set the people apart to be holy, and they washed their clothes.
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14. And Moses H4872 went down H3381 from H4480 the mount H2022 unto H413 the people H5971 , and sanctified H6942 H853 the people H5971 ; and they washed H3526 their clothes H8071 .
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15. He said to the people, "Be ready for the third day. Do not go near a woman."
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15. And he said H559 unto H413 the people H5971 , Be H1961 ready H3559 against the third H7969 day H3117 : come H5066 not H408 at H413 your wives H802 .
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16. On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning. A cloud covered the mountain, and a very loud horn sounded. All the people among the tents shook with fear.
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16. And it came to pass H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117 in the morning H1242 , that there were H1961 thunders H6963 and lightnings H1300 , and a thick H3515 cloud H6051 upon H5921 the mount H2022 , and the voice H6963 of the trumpet H7782 exceeding H3966 loud H2389 ; so that all H3605 the people H5971 that H834 was in the camp H4264 trembled H2729 .
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17. Then Moses brought the people from among the tents to meet God. They stood at the base of the mountain.
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17. And Moses H4872 brought forth H3318 H853 the people H5971 out of H4480 the camp H4264 to meet H7125 with God H430 ; and they stood H3320 at the nether part H8482 of the mount H2022 .
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18. Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the Lord came down upon it in fire. Its smoke went up like the smoke of a stove. And the whole mountain shook.
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18. And mount H2022 Sinai H5514 was altogether H3605 on a smoke H6225 , because H4480 H6440 H834 the LORD H3068 descended H3381 upon H5921 it in fire H784 : and the smoke H6227 thereof ascended H5927 as the smoke H6227 of a furnace H3536 , and the whole H3605 mount H2022 quaked H2729 greatly H3966 .
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19. The sound of the horn became louder and louder. Moses spoke, and God answered him with thunder.
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19. And when H1961 the voice H6963 of the trumpet H7782 sounded long H1980 , and waxed louder and louder H2388 H3966 , Moses H4872 spoke H1696 , and God H430 answered H6030 him by a voice H6963 .
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20. Then the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. The Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and he went up.
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20. And the LORD H3068 came down H3381 upon H5921 mount H2022 Sinai H5514 , on H413 the top H7218 of the mount H2022 : and the LORD H3068 called H7121 Moses H4872 up to H413 the top H7218 of the mount H2022 ; and Moses H4872 went up H5927 .
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21. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go down and tell the people not to break through to look at the Lord. For then many of them would be destroyed.
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21. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Moses H4872 , Go down H3381 , charge H5749 the people H5971 , lest H6435 they break through H2040 unto H413 the LORD H3068 to gaze H7200 , and many H7227 of H4480 them perish H5307 .
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22. Have the religious leaders who come near to the Lord set themselves apart to be holy. Or the Lord will go against them."
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22. And let the priests H3548 also H1571 , which come near H5066 to H413 the LORD H3068 , sanctify themselves H6942 , lest H6435 the LORD H3068 break forth H6555 upon them.
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23. Moses said to the Lord, "The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai. For You told us, 'Set places around the mountain that must not be passed, and set it apart as holy.' "
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23. And Moses H4872 said H559 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , The people H5971 cannot H3808 H3201 come up H5927 to H413 mount H2022 Sinai H5514 : for H3588 thou H859 chargedst H5749 us, saying H559 , Set bounds H1379 H853 about the mount H2022 , and sanctify H6942 it.
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24. Then the Lord said to him, "Go down, and then come up with Aaron. But do not let the religious leaders and the people break through to come up to the Lord, or He will go against them."
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24. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 him, Away H1980 , get thee down H3381 , and thou shalt come up H5927 , thou H859 , and Aaron H175 with H5973 thee : but let not H408 the priests H3548 and the people H5971 break through H2040 to come up H5927 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , lest H6435 he break forth H6555 upon them.
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25. So Moses went down to the people and told them.
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25. So Moses H4872 went down H3381 unto H413 the people H5971 , and spoke H559 unto H413 them.
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