1   In ^note the thirde moneth when the chyldren of Israel were gone out of the lande of Egypt, ^note the same day came they into the wyldernesse of Sinai.

2   For they were departed from Raphidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched their tentes in the wyldernesse, and there Israel campped before the mounte.

3   But Moyses went vp vnto God, and the Lorde called vnto hym out of the mountayne, saying: Thus shalt thou ^note say vnto the house of Iacob, and tell the chyldren of Israel,

4   Ye haue ^note seene what I did vnto the Egyptians, and toke you vp vpon ^note Eagles wynges, and haue brought you vnto my selfe.

5   Nowe therefore yf ye wyll heare my voyce in deede, and kepe my couenaunt, ye shall be [as] a deare ^note treasure vnto me aboue all nations: ^note for al the earth is myne.

6   Ye shalbe vnto me also a ^note kingdome of priestes, ∧ an holy people: And these are the wordes whiche thou shalt say vnto the children of Israel.

7   Moyses came and called for the elders of the people, and layde before theyr faces all these wordes whiche the Lorde commaunded hym.

8   And the people aunswered altogether, and sayde: ^note All that the Lorde hath sayd, we will do. And Moyses brought the wordes of the people vnto þe; Lord.

9   And the Lorde sayd vnto Moyses: lo, I come vnto thee in a thicke cloude, ^note that the people may heare me talkyng with thee, and beleue thee for euer. Moyses shewed the wordes of the people vnto the Lorde.

10   And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: Go vnto the people, and ^note sanctifie th&ebar; to day and to morowe, and let them ^note washe theyr clothes.

The lawe.

11   And be redy against the thirde day, for the thirde day ^note the Lorde wyll come downe in the sight of all the people vppon mount Sinai.

12    ^noteAnd thou shalt set boundes vnto the people rounde about, ∧ say: take heede to your selues that ye go not vp into the mount, or touche the border of it: whosoeuer toucheth the mounte, shall surelye dye.

13   There shall not an hande touche it, els he shalbe stoned, or shot through: whether it be beast, or man, it shall not liue: when the ^note trumpet bloweth long, then may they come vp into the mountayne. C   

14   And Moyses went downe from the mount vnto the people, and sanctified them, and they washed their clothes.

15   And he sayd vnto the people: be redy agaynst the thirde day, and come not at [your] wyues.

16   And the thirde day in the mornyng there was ^note thunder and lyghtnyng, and a thicke cloude vpon the mount, and the voyce of the trumpet exceedyng loude, so that all the people that was in the hoast was afrayde.

17   And Moyses brought the people out of the tentes to meete with God, and thei stoode at the neather part of the hil.

18   And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lorde descended downe vpon it in fire, and the smoke thereof, ascended vp as the smoke of a furnace, and all the mount quaked exceedyngly.

19   And when the voyce of the trumpet blewe long, and waxed louder and louder, Moyses spake, and God aunswered hym by a voyce.

20   And the Lorde ^note came downe vpon mount Sinai, euen in the toppe of the hill: ∧ when the Lord called Moyses vp into the top of the hil, Moyses went vp.

21   And the Lorde sayd vnto Moyses: ^note Go downe, charge the people, lest they breake out from their boundes to see the Lorde, and so ^note many of them perishe.

22   And let the priestes also whiche come to the Lorde sanctifie them selues, lest the Lorde destroy them. D   

23   And Moyses said vnto the Lord: The people can not come vp into the mount Sinai, for thou chargest vs, saying: set boundes about the hill, and sanctifie it.

24   And the Lord sayd vnto him: Away, and get thee downe, ∧ thou shalt come vp, thou and Aaron with thee: but let not the ^note priestes and the people presume for to come vp vnto the Lord, lest he destroy them.

25   And so Moyses went downe vnto the people, and tolde them.

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