1In the third month after the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. 2And when they had departed from Rephidim, and had come to the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness; and there Israel encamped before the mount. 3And Moses went up to God, and Yehovah called to him out of the mountain, saying, Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: 4You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to myself. 5Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine: 6and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel. 7And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Yehovah commanded him. 8And all the people answered together, and said, All that Yehovah has spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people to Yehovah. 9And Yehovah said to Moses, Look, I am coming to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever. And Moses told the words of the people to Yehovah. 10And Yehovah said to Moses, Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments, 11and be ready for the third day; for on the third day Yehovah will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 12And you shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that you do not go up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whoever touches the mount shall surely be put to death: 13no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it is beast or man, he shall not live: when the trumpet sounds long, they shall come up to the mount. 14And Moses went down from the mount to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their garments. 15And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day: do not come near a woman. 16And it happened on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceedingly loud; and all the people who were in the camp trembled. 17And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the lower part of the mount. 18And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Yehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke of it ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 19And when the voice of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice. 20And Yehovah came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the mount: and Yehovah called Moses to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. 21And Yehovah said to Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through to Yehovah to gaze, and many of them perish. 22And let the priests also, who come near to Yehovah, sanctify themselves, lest Yehovah break out upon them. 23And Moses said to Yehovah, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for you charged us, saying, Set bounds around the mount, and sanctify it. 24And Yehovah said to him, Go down; and you shall come up, you, and Aaron with you: but do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to Yehovah, lest he break out upon them. 25So Moses went down to the people, and told them.