Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Psalm of David.

110 Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put thine enemies [as] footstool of thy feet.

² Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies.

³ Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in holy splendour: from the womb of the morning [shall come] to thee the dew of thy youth.

⁴ Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek.

⁷ And Moses came and called the elders of the people, and laid before the mall these words which Jehovah had commanded him.

⁸ And all the people answered together, and said, All that Jehovah has spoken will we do! And Moses brought the words of the people back to Jehovah.

⁹ And Jehovah said to Moses, Lo, I will come to thee in the cloud's thick darkness, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee also for ever. And Moses told the words of the people to Jehovah.

¹⁰ And Jehovah said to Moses, Go to the people, and hallow them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their clothes;

¹¹ and let them be ready for the third day; for on the third day Jehovah will come down before the eyes of all the people on mount Sinai.

¹² And set bounds round about the people, saying, Take heed to yourselves, [not] to go up unto the mountain nor touch the border of it: whatever toucheth the mountain shall certainly be put to death:

¹³ not a hand shall touch it, but it shall certainly be stoned, or shot through; whether it be a beast or a man, it shall not live. When the long drawn note of the trumpet soundeth, they shall come up to the mountain.

¹⁴ And Moses came down from the mountain to the people, and hallowed the people; and they washed their clothes.

¹⁵ And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day; do not come near [your] wives.

¹⁶ And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of the trumpet exceeding loud; and the whole people that was in the camp trembled.

¹⁷ And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

¹⁸ And the whole of mount Sinai smoked, because Jehovah descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended as the smoke of a furnace; and the whole mountain shook greatly.

¹⁹ And the sound of the trumpet increased and became exceeding loud; Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.

²⁰ And Jehovah came down on mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain; and Jehovah called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

²¹ And Jehovah said to Moses, Go down, testify to the people that they break not through to Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.

²² And the priests also, who come near to Jehovah, shall hallow themselves, lest Jehovah break forth on them.

²³ And Moses said to Jehovah, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai; for thou hast testified to us, saying, Set bounds about the mountain, and hallow it.

²⁴ And Jehovah said to him, Go, descend, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee; but the priests and the people shall not break through to go up to Jehovah, lest he break forth on them.

²⁵ So Moses went down to the people, and told them.

2 For this reason we should give heed more abundantly to the things [we have] heard, lest in any way we should slip away.

² For if the word which was spoken by angels was firm, and every transgression and disobedience received just retribution,

³ how shall *we* escape if we have been negligent of so great salvation, which, having had its commencement in being spoken [of] by the Lord, has been confirmed to us by those who have heard;

⁴ God bearing, besides, witness with [them] to [it], both by signs and wonders, and various acts of power, and distributions of [the] Holy Spirit, according to his will?