Exodus 19:18-23
New International Version
18 Mount Sinai was covered with smoke,(A) because the Lord descended on it in fire.(B) The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace,(C) and the whole mountain[a] trembled(D) violently. 19 As the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and the voice(E) of God answered(F) him.[b]
20 The Lord descended to the top of Mount Sinai(G) and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses went up 21 and the Lord said to him, “Go down and warn the people so they do not force their way through to see(H) the Lord and many of them perish.(I) 22 Even the priests, who approach(J) the Lord, must consecrate(K) themselves, or the Lord will break out against them.”(L)
23 Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai,(M) because you yourself warned us, ‘Put limits(N) around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”
Footnotes
- Exodus 19:18 Most Hebrew manuscripts; a few Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint and all the people
- Exodus 19:19 Or and God answered him with thunder
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