Shemoth (Exodus) 19

Exod 19:1 In the third month after the children of Yisra’ĕl had come out of
the land of Mitsrayim, on this day they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.
Exod 19:2 For they set out from Rephiḏim, and had come to the Wilderness
of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness. So Yisra’ĕl camped there before the
mountain.
Exod 19:3 And Mosheh went up to Elohim, and יהוה called to him from the
mountain, saying, “This is what you are to say to the house of Ya‛aqoḇ, and
declare to the children of Yisra’ĕl:
Exod 19:4 ‘You have seen what I did to the Mitsrites, and how I bore you on
eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.
Exod 19:5 ‘And now, if you diligently obey My voice, and shall guard My
covenant, then you shall be My treasured possession above all the peoples –
for all the earth is Mine –
Exod 19:6 ‘and you shall be to Me a reign of priests and a set-apart nation.’
Those are the words which you are to speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl.”
Exod 19:7 And Mosheh came and called for the elders of the people, and set
before them all these words which יהוה commanded him.
Exod 19:8 And all the people answered together and said, “All that יהוה has
spoken we shall do.” So Mosheh brought back the words of the people to
.יהוה
Exod 19:9 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “See, I am coming to you in the thick
cloud, so that the people hear when I speak with you, and believe you
forever.” And Mosheh reported the words of the people to יהוה.
Exod 19:10 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Go to the people and set them apart
today and tomorrow. And they shall wash their garments,
Exod 19:11 and shall be prepared by the third day. For on the third day יהוה
shall come down upon Mount Sinai before the eyes of all the people.
Exod 19:12 “And you shall make a border for the people all around, saying,
‘Take heed to yourselves that you do not go up to the mountain or touch the
border of it. Whoever touches the mountain shall certainly be put to death.
Exod 19:13 ‘Not a hand is to touch it, but he shall certainly be stoned or shot
with an arrow, whether man or beast, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet
sounds long, let them come near the mountain.”
Exod 19:14 And Mosheh came down from the mountain to the people and set
the people apart, and they washed their garments.
Exod 19:15 And he said to the people, “Be prepared by the third day. Do not
come near a wife.”
Exod 19:16 And it came to be, on the third day in the morning, that there
were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain. And the
sound of the ram’s horn was very loud, and all the people who were in the
camp trembled.
Exod 19:17 And Mosheh brought the people out of the camp to meet with
Elohim, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
Exod 19:18 And Mount Sinai was in smoke, all of it, because יהוה
descended upon it in fire. And its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace,
and all the mountain trembled exceedingly.
Exod 19:19 And when the blast of the ram’s horn sounded long and became
louder and louder, Mosheh spoke, and Elohim answered him by voice.
Exod 19:20 And יהוה came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the
mountain. And יהוה called Mosheh to the top of the mountain, and Mosheh
went up.
Exod 19:21 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Go down, and warn the people, lest
they break through unto יהוה to see, and many of them fall.
Exod 19:22 “And let the priests who come near יהוה set themselves apart
too, lest יהוה break out against them.”
Exod 19:23 And Mosheh said to יהוה, “The people are not able to come up
to Mount Sinai, for You warned us, saying, ‘Make a border around the
mountain and set it apart.’ ”
Exod 19:24 And יהוה said to him, “Come, go down and then come up, you
and Aharon with you. But do not let the priests and the people break through
to come up to יהוה, lest He break out against them.”
Exod 19:25 And Mosheh went down to the people and spoke to them.