(KJV) Exodus 19¹

⥃Israel at Mount Sinai

[1] In the third² month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came³ they [into] the wilderness of Sinai.⁴ [2] For they were departed from Rephidim⁵, and were come [to] the desert⁶ of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped⁷ before the mount. [3] And Moses went up⁸ unto God, and the Lord called⁹ unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; [4] Ye have seen¹⁰ what I did unto the Egyptians, and [how] I bare you¹¹ on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself. [5] Now therefore, if ye¹² will obey my voice indeed, and keep¹³ my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar¹⁴ treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth¹⁵ [is] mine: [6] And ye shall be unto me a kingdom¹⁶ of priests, and an¹⁷ holy nation. These [are] the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

[7] [¶]And Moses came and called for the elders¹⁸ of the people, and laid¹⁹ before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him. [8] And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord.²⁰ [9] And the Lo²¹rd said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the²² people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe²³ thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord.

[10] [¶]And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify²⁴ them to day and to morrow, and let them wash²⁵ their clothes, [11] And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord²⁶ will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. [12] And thou shalt set bounds²⁷ unto the people round about, saying, Take²⁸ heed to yourselves, [that ye] go [not] up into the mount, or touch²⁹ the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: [13] There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether³⁰ [it be] beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet³¹ soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

[14] [¶]And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified³² the people; and they washed their clothes. [15] And he said unto the people, Be ready³³ against the third³⁴ day: come not³⁵ at [your] wives.

⥃The LORD Visits Sinai

[16] And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders³⁶ and lightnings, and a thick³⁷ cloud upon the mount, and the voice³⁸ of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people³⁹ that [was] in the camp trembled. [17] And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.⁴⁰ [18] And mount Sinai⁴¹ was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire⁴²: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke⁴³ of a furnace, and the whole⁴⁴ mount quaked greatly.⁴⁵ [19] And when⁴⁶ the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses⁴⁷ spake, and God⁴⁸ answered him by a voice. [20] And the Lord came⁴⁹ 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 up⁵⁰. [21] And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge⁵¹ the people, lest they break⁵² through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish. [22] And let the priests⁵³ also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify⁵⁴ themselves, lest the Lord break⁵⁵ forth upon them. [23] And Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds⁵⁶ about the mount, and sanctify it. [24] And the Lord said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou⁵⁷ shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let⁵⁸ not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the Lord, lest⁵⁹ he break forth upon them. [25] So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them. ⁶⁰