1In the third month, when the children of Yashar'el (Israel) were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
2For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Yashar'el (Israel) camped before the mount.
3And Moses went up unto Elohim (God), and Yahuah (LORD) called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Yashar'el (Israel);
4You have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.
5Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
6And you shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak unto the children of Yashar'el (Israel).
7And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which Yahuah (LORD) commanded him.
8And all the people answered together, and said, All that Yahuah (LORD) has spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto Yahuah (LORD).
9And Yahuah (LORD) said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto Yahuah (LORD).
10And Yahuah (LORD) said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
11And be ready against the third day: for the third day Yahuah (LORD) will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
12And you shall set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that you go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever touches the mount shall be surely put to death:
13There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
14And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
15And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
16And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with Elohim (God); and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
18And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because Yahuah (LORD) descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
19And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and Elohim (God) answered him by a voice.
20And Yahuah (LORD) came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and Yahuah (LORD) called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
21And Yahuah (LORD) said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto Yahuah (LORD) to gaze, and many of them perish.
22And let the priests also, which come near to Yahuah (LORD), sanctify themselves, lest Yahuah (LORD) break forth upon them.
23And Moses said unto Yahuah (LORD), The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for you chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
24And Yahuah (LORD) said unto him, Away, get you down, and you shall come up, you, and Aaron with you: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto Yahuah (LORD), lest he break forth upon them.
25So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.