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Exodus 19:14

Verse 14 of 25. The 19th of 40 chapters in Exodus, in The Law.

10The LORD 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 the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai.

12You shall set bounds to the people all around, saying, ‘Be careful that you don’t go up onto the mountain, or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death.

13No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether it is animal or man, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come up to the mountain.”

14Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

15He said to the people, “Be ready by the third day. Don’t have sexual relations with a woman.”

16On the third day, when it was morning, there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people who were in the camp trembled.

17Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the lower part of the mountain.

18All of Mount Sinai smoked, because the LORD descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.