Exodus 19
New King James Version
Israel at Mount Sinai
19 In the third month after the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on the same day, (A)they came to the Wilderness of Sinai. 2 For they had departed from (B)Rephidim, had come to the Wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness. So Israel camped there before (C)the mountain.
3 And (D)Moses went up to God, and the Lord (E)called to him from the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: 4 (F)‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how (G)I [a]bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself. 5 Now (H)therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and (I)keep My covenant, then (J)you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is (K)Mine. 6 And you shall be to Me a (L)kingdom of priests and a (M)holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.”
7 So Moses came and called for the (N)elders of the people, and [b]laid before them all these words which the Lord commanded him. 8 Then (O)all the people answered together and said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do.” So Moses brought back the words of the people to the Lord. 9 And the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I come to you (P)in the thick cloud, (Q)that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever.”
So Moses told the words of the people to the Lord.
10 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and (R)consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes. 11 And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the Lord will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. 12 You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, ‘Take heed to yourselves that you do not go up to the mountain or touch its base. (S)Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death. 13 Not a hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with an arrow; whether man or beast, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come near the mountain.”
14 So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes. 15 And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day; (T)do not come near your wives.”
16 Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were (U)thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp (V)trembled. 17 And (W)Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. 18 Now (X)Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the Lord descended upon (Y)it in fire. (Z)Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and [c]the (AA)whole mountain quaked greatly. 19 And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder and louder, (AB)Moses spoke, and (AC)God answered him by voice. 20 Then the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
21 And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through (AD)to gaze at the Lord, and many of them perish. 22 Also let the (AE)priests who come near the Lord (AF)consecrate themselves, lest the Lord (AG)break out against them.”
23 But Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai; for You warned us, saying, (AH)‘Set bounds around the mountain and consecrate it.’ ”
24 Then the Lord said to him, “Away! Get down and then come up, you and Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the Lord, lest He break out against them.” 25 So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.
Footnotes
- Exodus 19:4 sustained
- Exodus 19:7 set
- Exodus 19:18 LXX all the people
Éxodo 19
Palabra de Dios para Todos
Pacto de Dios con Israel
19 Los israelitas llegaron al desierto del Sinaí el mismo día que llegó la Luna Nueva. O sea, durante el tercer mes de su viaje. 2 Viajaron desde Refidín hasta el desierto de Sinaí y acamparon en el desierto, frente al monte. 3 Moisés subió al monte y el SEÑOR le dijo:
—Diles todo esto a los israelitas, los descendientes de Jacob: 4 “Ustedes ya vieron lo que le hice a Egipto y que a ustedes los levanté como sobre alas de águila y los traje aquí, frente a mí. 5 Ahora bien, si en verdad ustedes me escuchan y me obedecen, yo los trataré a ustedes como mi propiedad preferida. O sea, si de veras cumplen mi pacto, aunque todos los pueblos del mundo me pertenecen, de entre todos ellos a ustedes los trataré como mi pueblo. 6 Ustedes serán un reino de sacerdotes, una nación santa”. Eso es lo que les dirás a los israelitas.
7 Moisés fue, reunió a los ancianos líderes, y les dijo todo lo que el SEÑOR le había ordenado. 8 Todo el pueblo respondió al mismo tiempo:
—Vamos a hacer todo lo que el SEÑOR dijo.
Entonces Moisés regresó a la montaña y le contó al SEÑOR lo que el pueblo había dicho.
9 El SEÑOR le dijo a Moisés:
—Voy a ir en una nube densa a donde tú estás para que el pueblo me escuche hablar contigo y así siempre te crean lo que les digas.
Luego Moisés le contó al SEÑOR todo lo que el pueblo le había dicho.
10 El SEÑOR le dijo a Moisés:
—Ve a donde está el pueblo, haz que hoy y mañana sean días santos y diles que laven sus ropas. 11 Deben estar listos para el tercer día porque ese día, a la vista de todo el pueblo, el SEÑOR vendrá al monte Sinaí. 12 Diles que no se acerquen a la montaña. Establece un límite y no dejes que el pueblo lo cruce porque el que llegue a tocar el monte será ejecutado. 13 Nadie deberá tocar al que haga eso y lo matarán lanzándole piedras o disparándole una flecha. Tendrá que morir, sin importar si es un ser humano o un animal. El pueblo podrá subir al monte sólo cuando suene la trompeta.
14 Entonces Moisés bajó del monte y fue a donde estaba el pueblo, los santificó y ellos lavaron sus ropas. 15 Luego les dijo:
—Estén listos para pasado mañana y no tengan relaciones sexuales durante estos tres días.
16 En la mañana del tercer día, una nube muy densa se colocó sobre el monte. Cayeron truenos y relámpagos y se escuchó el fuerte sonido de una trompeta. Todos los que estaban en el campamento temblaron. 17 Moisés llevó al pueblo fuera del campamento para encontrarse con Dios y ellos se detuvieron al pie del monte. 18 El monte Sinaí estaba totalmente cubierto de humo porque el SEÑOR había bajado sobre él entre el fuego. El humo subía como de un horno y todo el monte temblaba. 19 El sonido de trompeta se hacía cada vez más fuerte mientras que Moisés hablaba con Dios y él respondía con truenos.
20 El SEÑOR bajó hasta la cima del monte Sinaí y llamó a Moisés el SEÑOR para que subiera. Entonces Moisés subió.
21 El SEÑOR le dijo a Moisés:
—Baja y adviértele a la gente que no se acerque ni trate de pasar el límite para mirar al SEÑOR, pues si lo hacen muchos morirán. 22 Además, los sacerdotes que se acerquen a mí, el SEÑOR, deben santificarse para que yo, el SEÑOR, no los castigue.
23 Moisés le dijo al SEÑOR:
—Pero el pueblo no puede subir este monte, tú mismo nos dijiste que debíamos establecer un límite para evitar que el pueblo pasara y que debíamos considerarlo sagrado.
24 Entonces el SEÑOR le dijo:
—Baja a donde está todo el pueblo, busca a Aarón y tráelo aquí contigo, pero no dejes que ningún sacerdote ni nadie se acerque al SEÑOR. Yo castigaré al que se pase del límite.
25 Luego Moisés fue a donde estaba el pueblo y les contó todo esto.
Exodus 19
King James Version
19 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.
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