Dual Panel1In the third <07992> month <02320> after the Israelites <03478> <01121> went out <03318> from the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, on the very <02088> day <03117>, they came <0935> to the Desert <04057> of Sinai <05514>.
2After they journeyed <05265> from Rephidim <07508>, they came <0935> to the Desert <04057> of Sinai <05514>, and they camped <02583> in the desert <04057>; Israel <03478> camped <02583> there <08033> in front <05048> of the mountain <02022>.
3Moses <04872> went up <05927> to <0413> God <0430>, and the Lord <03068> called <07121> to <0413> him from <04480> the mountain <02022>, “Thus <03541> you will tell <0559> the house <01004> of Jacob <03290>, and declare <05046> to the people <01121> of Israel <03478>:
4‘You yourselves <0859> have seen <07200> what <0834> I did <06213> to Egypt <04713> and how I lifted <05375> you on <05921> eagles <05404>’ wings <03671> and brought <0935> you to <0413> myself.
5And now <06258>, if <0518> you will diligently <08085> listen <08085> to me <06963> and keep <08104> my covenant <01285>, then you will be <01961> my special possession <05459> out of all <03605> the nations <05971>, for <03588> all <03605> the earth <0776> is mine,
6and you <0859> will be <01961> to me a kingdom <04467> of priests <03548> and a holy <06918> nation <01471>.’ These <0428> are the words <01697> that <0834> you will speak <01696> to <0413> the Israelites <03478> <01121>.”
7So Moses <04872> came <0935> and summoned <07121> the elders <02205> of Israel <05971>. He set <07760> before <06440> them all <03605> these <0428> words <01697> that <0834> the Lord <03068> had commanded <06680> him,
8and all <03605> the people <05971> answered <06030> together <03162>, “All <03605> that <0834> the Lord <03068> has commanded <01696> we will do <06213>!” So Moses <04872> brought <07725> the words <01697> of the people <05971> back <07725> to <0413> the Lord <03068>.
9The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “I <0595> am going to come <0935> to <0413> you in a dense <05645> cloud <06051>, so that <05668> the people <05971> may hear <08085> when I speak <01696> with <05973> you and so that <01571> they will always <05769> believe <0539> in you.” And Moses <04872> told <05046> the words <01697> of the people <05971> to <0413> the Lord <03068>.
10The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Go <01980> to <0413> the people <05971> and sanctify <06942> them today <03117> and tomorrow <04279>, and make <03526> them wash <03526> their clothes <08071>
11and be <01961> ready <03559> for the third <07992> day <03117>, for <03588> on the third <07992> day <03117> the Lord <03068> will come down <03381> on <05921> Mount <02022> Sinai <05514> in the sight <05869> of all <03605> the people <05971>.
12You must set boundaries <01379> for the people <05971> all around <05439>, saying <0559>, ‘Take heed <08104> to yourselves not to go up <05927> on the mountain <02022> nor touch <05060> its edge <07097>. Whoever <03605> touches <05060> the mountain <02022> will surely be put <04191> to death <04191>!
13No <03808> hand <03027> will touch <05060> him– but <03588> he will surely <05619> be stoned <05619> or <0176> shot <03384> through <03384>, whether <0518> a beast <0929> or <0518> a human being <0376>; he must not <03808> live <02421>.’ When the ram’s horn <03104> sounds a long blast <04900> they <01992> may go up <05927> on the mountain <02022>.”
14Then Moses <04872> went down <03381> from <04480> the mountain <02022> to <0413> the people <05971> and sanctified <06942> the people <05971>, and they washed <03526> their clothes <08071>.
15He said <0559> to <0413> the people <05971>, “Be <01961> ready <03559> for the third <07969> day <03117>. Do not <0408> go near <05066> your wives <0802>.”
16On the third <07992> day <03117> in the morning <01242> there was <01961> thunder <06963> and lightning <01300> and a dense <03515> cloud <06051> on <05921> the mountain <02022>, and the sound <06963> of a very <03966> loud <02389> horn <07782>; all <03605> the people <05971> who <0834> were in the camp <04264> trembled <02729>.
17Moses <04872> brought <03318> the <0853> people <05971> out <03318> of the camp <04264> to meet <07125> God <0430>, and they took their place <03320> at the foot <08482> of the mountain <02022>.
18Now Mount <02022> Sinai <05514> was completely <03605> covered with smoke <06225> because <06440> the Lord <03068> had <0834> descended <03381> on <05921> it in fire <0784>, and its smoke <06227> went up <05927> like the smoke <06227> of a great furnace <03536>, and the whole <03605> mountain <02022> shook violently <02729>.
19When <01961> the sound <06963> of the horn <07782> grew <01980> louder <02390> and louder <03966>, Moses <04872> was speaking <01696> and God <0430> was answering <06030> him with a voice <06963>.
20The Lord <03068> came down <03381> on <05921> Mount <02022> Sinai <05514>, on <0413> the top <07218> of the mountain <02022>, and the Lord <03068> summoned <07121> Moses <04872> to <0413> the top <07218> of the mountain <02022>, and Moses <04872> went up <05927>.
21The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Go down <03381> and solemnly warn <05749> the people <05971>, lest <06435> they force <02040> their way through to <0413> the Lord <03068> to look <07200>, and many <07227> of <04480> them perish <05307>.
22Let the priests <03548> also <01571>, who approach <0413> <05066> the Lord <03068>, sanctify <06942> themselves, lest <06435> the Lord <03068> break through <06555> against them.”
23Moses <04872> said <0559> to <0413> the Lord <03068>, “The people <05971> are not <03808> able <03201> to come up <05927> to <0413> Mount <02022> Sinai <05514>, because <03588> you <0859> solemnly warned <05749> us, ‘Set boundaries <01379> for the mountain <02022> and set <06942> it apart <06942>.’”
24The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> him, “Go <01980>, get down <03381>, and come up <05927>, and Aaron <0175> with <05973> you <0859>, but do not <0408> let the priests <03548> and the people <05971> force <02040> their way through <02040> to come up <05927> to <0413> the Lord <03068>, lest <06435> he break through <06555> against them.”
25So Moses <04872> went down <03381> to <0413> the people <05971> and spoke <0559> to <0413> them.