A   In the thyrde moneth, wh&abar; the children of Israel were gone oute of þe; lande of Egipt, the same daye came they into the wyldernesse of Sinay. ^noteFor they were departed from Raphidim, and were come to the deserte of Sinay, and had pitched theyr tentes in the wildernesse. And there Israel abode before the mounte. ^noteBut Moses went vp vnto God. And the Lorde called to hym out of the mountayne, sayinge: thus shalt thou saye vnto the house of Iacob, and tell the chyldren of Israel: ye haue sene what I dyd vnto the Egyptians, and toke you vp vpon Eegles wynges, ∧ haue brought you vnto my selfe: Nowe therfore ^note yf ye wyll heare my voyce in dede, and kepe myne appoyntement: ye shall be myne awne, aboue all nacyons, for all the erth is myne. Ye shall be vnto me also a kyngdome of ^note preastes and an holy people: and these are þe; wordes which thou shalt saye vnto the chyldren of Israel.

Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and layde before theyr faces all these wordes which the Lorde comma&ubar;ded hym. And the people answered all to gether, and sayde. ^noteAll that the Lorde hath sayde, we wyll doo. And Moses brought the wordes of the people vnto the Lorde. And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: Lo, I come vnto the in a thycke cloud, þt; the people maye heare me talkynge with the, and beleue the for euer. Moses shewed the wordes of the people vnto the Lorde.

B   And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses: Go vnto the people, and &rhand; sanctifye them to daye and to morowe, and let them wash theyr clothes: ∧ be redy agaynst the thyrde daye. For the thyrde daye the Lorde wyll come downe in the syght of all the people vpon mounte Sinay. And thou shalt set markes rounde aboute the people and saye: beware, that ye go not vp into the mounte, or touche the bordre of it. Whosoeuer toucheth the ^note mounte, shall surely dye. There shall not an hande touch it: Els he shall be stoned or shot thorowe: whether it be beast or man, it shall not lyue: when the trompe bloweth longe, than maye they come vp into the mountayne.

C   And Moses went downe from the mo&ubar;te vnto the people, and sanctifyed them, and they wasshed theyr clothes: And he sayd vnto the people: be redye agaynst the thyrde daye, and &rhand; come not at youre wyues. And the thyrde daye in the mornynge there was thunder, and lyghtenynge, and a thycke clowde vpon the mounte, and the voyce of the trompe exceadynge lowde, so that all the people that was in the hoste was afrayed. And Moses brought the people oute of the tentes to mete with God, and they ^note stode vnder the hyll.

And mounte Sinay was all to gether on a smoke: because the Lorde descended downe vpon it in fyre. And the smoke therof ascended vp, as the smoke of a kele, and all the mount was exceadyng fearfull. And whan the voyce of the trompe blewe and waxed lowder and lowder Moses spake, ∧ God answered h&ibar; by a voyce: D   And the Lorde came downe vpon mounte Sinay, euen in the toppe of the hyll, and whan the Lord called Moses vp into the toppe of the hyll. Moses went vp.

And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: go downe: charge the people, that they prease not vp to se the Lorde, and so many of them perish. And let the prestes also whych come to the Lorde sanctifye them selues, lest the Lorde destroye them. And Moses sayde vnto the Lorde: the people cannot come vp into the mounte Synay, for thou chargedest vs saying: set markes aboute the hyll, and sanctifie it: And the Lorde sayde vnto him: awaye, and get the downe: and thou shalt come vp, thou and Aaron with the. But let

Preceptes. not the Prestes and the people presume for to come vp vnto the Lorde: lest he destroye th&ebar;. And so Moses went downe vnto the people and tolde them.

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