Exodus
Chapter 19
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1In the third month after the sons of Israel left the land of Egypt, on this day, they came to the wilderness of Sinai.
2They journeyed from Rephidim and came to the wilderness of Sinai, and they camped in the wilderness. Israel camped there, opposite the mountain.
3Moses went up to God, and God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. called to him from the mountain, “This is what you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the sons of Israel:
4You saw what I did to Egypt, and I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.
5Now, if you listen, listen to my voice and keep my A solemn agreement that binds God and people., you shall be my treasured holding out of all the peoples, because all the land is mine.
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Segullah is a personal treasure, a holding kept for oneself. “A treasured holding” is printed.
6You shall be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words you shall speak to the sons of Israel.”
7Moses came and called the elders of the people and set before them all these words that God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded him.
8All the people answered together, “Everything God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. has said, we will do.” Moses brought the people’s words back to God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary..
9God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. said to Moses, “Look, I am coming to you in a thick cloud, so the people hear when I speak with you, and they trust you too forever.” Moses told God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. the people’s words.
10God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. said to Moses, “Go to the people and set them apart today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes.
11They shall be ready for the third day, because on the third day God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. will come down on Mount Sinai in the eyes of all the people.
12You shall set a limit for the people all around, saying, ‘Watch yourselves, do not go up the mountain or touch its edge. Anyone who touches the mountain shall be put to death, he shall be put to death.
13No hand shall touch him. He shall be stoned, he shall be stoned, or shot, he shall be shot. Whether animal or human, he shall not live.’ When the ram’s horn drags out, they may go up the mountain.”
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Yovel here is the ram’s horn. The later year of release uses the same word, and that year is not what this verse names.
14Moses went down from the mountain to the people and set the people apart, and they washed their clothes.
15He said to the people, “Be ready for three days. Do not approach a woman.”
16On the third day, when it was morning, there was thunder and lightning and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and a very loud sound of a horn, and all the people in the camp trembled.
17Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stationed themselves at the foot of the mountain.
18Mount Sinai was all smoke, because God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had come down on it in fire. Its smoke went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly.
19The sound of the horn grew stronger and stronger. Moses would speak, and God would answer him in a voice.
20God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
21God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. said to Moses, “Go down, warn the people, or they will break through to God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. to look, and many of them will fall.
22The priests too, who come near God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., shall set themselves apart, or God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. will break out against them.”
23Moses said to God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, because you warned us, saying, ‘Set a limit around the mountain and set it apart.’”
24God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. said to him, “Go, get down, and come up, you and Aaron with you. The priests and the people shall not break through to come up to God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., or he will break out against them.”
25Moses went down to the people and told them.
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The verse ends at “and he told them.” The words he said are not written here. None are supplied.