1 mense tertio egressionis Israhel de terra Aegypti in die hac
venerunt in solitudinem Sinai
2 nam profecti de Raphidim et pervenientes usque in desertum Sinai
castrametati sunt in eodem loco
ibique Israhel fixit tentoria e regione montis
3 Moses autem ascendit ad Deum
vocavitque eum Dominus de monte et ait
haec dices domui Iacob et adnuntiabis filiis Israhel
4 vos ipsi vidistis quae fecerim Aegyptiis
quomodo portaverim vos super alas aquilarum et adsumpserim mihi
5 si ergo audieritis vocem meam et custodieritis pactum meum
eritis mihi in peculium de cunctis populis mea est enim omnis terra
6 et vos eritis mihi regnum sacerdotale et gens sancta
haec sunt verba quae loqueris ad filios Israhel
7 venit Moses et convocatis maioribus natu populi
exposuit omnes sermones quos mandaverat Dominus
8 responditque universus populus simul
cuncta quae locutus est Dominus faciemus
cumque rettulisset Moses verba populi ad Dominum
9 ait ei Dominus iam nunc veniam ad te in caligine nubis
ut audiat me populus loquentem ad te et credat tibi in perpetuum
nuntiavit ergo Moses verba populi ad Dominum
10 qui dixit ei vade ad populum et sanctifica illos hodie et cras
laventque vestimenta sua
11 et sint parati in diem tertium
die enim tertio descendet Dominus coram omni
plebe super montem Sinai
12 constituesque terminos populo per circuitum et dices
cavete ne ascendatis in montem
nec tangatis fines illius
omnis qui tetigerit montem morte morietur
13 manus non tanget eum
sed lapidibus opprimetur aut confodietur iaculis
sive iumentum fuerit sive homo non vivet
cum coeperit clangere bucina tunc ascendant in montem
14 descenditque Moses de monte ad populum et sanctificavit eum
cumque lavissent vestimenta sua
15 ait ad eos
estote parati in diem tertium ne adpropinquetis uxoribus
vestris
16 iam advenerat tertius dies
et mane inclaruerat
et ecce coeperunt audiri tonitrua ac micare fulgura
et nubes densissima operire montem
clangorque bucinae vehementius perstrepebat
timuit populus qui erat in castris
17 cumque eduxisset eos Moses in occursum Dei de loco castrorum
steterunt ad radices montis
18 totus autem mons Sinai fumabat
eo quod descendisset Dominus super eum in igne
et ascenderet fumus ex eo quasi de fornace
eratque mons omnis terribilis
19 et sonitus bucinae paulatim crescebat in maius
et prolixius tendebatur
Moses loquebatur et Dominus respondebat ei
20 descenditque Dominus super montem Sinai in ipso montis vertice
et vocavit Mosen in cacumen eius
quo cum ascendisset
21 dixit ad eum
descende et contestare populum
ne forte velint transcendere terminos ad videndum Dominum
et pereat ex eis plurima multitudo
22 sacerdotes quoque qui accedunt ad Dominum
sanctificentur ne percutiat eos
23 dixitque Moses ad Dominum
non poterit vulgus ascendere in montem Sinai
tu enim testificatus es et iussisti dicens
pone terminos circa montem et sanctifica illum
24 cui ait Dominus vade descende
ascendesque tu et Aaron tecum
sacerdotes autem et populus ne transeant
terminos
nec ascendant ad Dominum ne forte interficiat illos
25 descendit Moses ad populum et omnia narravit eis
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 pitched 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 shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; 4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself. 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt 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 hath 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 thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe 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 sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch 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; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth 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 against the third day: come not at 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 exceeding loud; so that all the people 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. 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, 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, which 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 thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. 24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: 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 spake unto them.