Israel at Sinai
1   In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
2   For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had camped in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
3   And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying,  Thus  shall  you  say  to  the  house  of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
4   You  have  seen  what  I  did  unto  the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
5   Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be a special treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
6   And you shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak unto the children of Israel.
7   And Moses came and called for the elders of  the  people,  and  laid  before  their  faces  all these words which the LORD commanded him.
8   And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD has spoken we will do. And  Moses  returned  the  words  of  the  people unto the LORD.
9   And the 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 forever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
10   And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the   people,   and   sanctify   them   today   and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes,
11   And be ready by the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
12   And 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:
13   There shall not a hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be animal or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet sounds long, they shall come up to the mount.
14   And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
15   And he said unto the people, Be ready by the third day: come not near your wives.
16   And 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 exceedingly loud; so that all the people that were in the camp trembled.
17   And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the lower part of the mount.
18   And mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke of it ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
19   And  when  the  voice  of  the  trumpet sounded long, and grew louder and louder, Moses  spoke,  and  God  answered him  by  a voice.
20   And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
21   And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
22   And let the priests also, who come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
23   And  Moses  said  unto  the  LORD,  The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for you charged   us,   saying,  Set  bounds  about  the mount, and sanctify it.
24   And the LORD said unto him, Away, get down,  and  then  you  shall  come  up, you, and Aaron with you: but let not the priests and the people  break  through  to  come  up  unto  the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
25   So Moses went down unto the people, and spoke unto them.