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And it came to pass that Moses and Zipporah went up unto Ha’Elohima; and YHVHb called unto them out of the mountain, saying: Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell my children, Israel:
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Ye have seen what I dida unto the Egyptians and how I bare you on the wings of eagles and brought you unto myself;
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Now, therefore, if ye will obey My Voicea indeed and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people; for all the earth is mine;
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And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of Priests and Priestesses and a holy nation.
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These are the words which thou shalt speak unto my children, Israel!
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¶ And it came to pass that Moses and Zipporah came, and called for the Elders of the people, both the men and the women, and laid before their faces all these words which YHVH commanded him.
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And all the people answered together as one and said: All that YHVH hath spoken we will do.
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And Moses and Zipporah returned the words of the people unto YHVH.
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¶ And it came to pass that YHVH 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 forever.
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And Moses and Zipporah told the words of the people unto YHVH.
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¶ And it came to pass that the angel of YHVHa said unto Moses and Zipporah: Go unto the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes,
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And be ready against the third day; for the third day will YHVH come down in the sight of all the people upon the Mount.
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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 surely die;
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There shall not a hand touch it, but they shall surely die; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live.
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And when the shofar soundeth long, then shall they come up to the Mount.
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¶ And it came to pass that Moses and Zipporah went down from the Mount unto the people and sanctified the people; and they did wash themselves and their clothes.
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And Moses and Zipporah said unto the people: Be ready against the third day; until then, be ye untoucheda.
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¶ 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 shofar was exceeding loud, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
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And Moses and Zipporah brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with Ha’Elohim; and they stood at the depth of the Mount.
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And all about it was the Mount filled with smoke because YHVH descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole Mount quaked greatly.
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And when the voice of the shofar sounded long and waxed louder and louder, and Moses spake; and Ha’Elohim answered him by the Voice.
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And YHVH came down upon the Mount, on the top of the Mount; and the angel of YHVH called Moses and Zipporah up to the top of the Mount; and Moses and Zipporah went up.
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¶ And it came to pass that the angel of YHVH said unto Moses and Zipporah: Go down; charge the people, lest they break througha unto YHVH to gaze, and many of them perish.
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And let the Priests and Priestesses also, which come near to YHVH, sanctify themselves, lest YHVH break fortha upon them.
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And Zipporah said unto the angel of YHVH: The people of Israel cannot come up to the Mount of Ha’Elohima; for thou charged us, saying: Set bounds about the Mount and sanctify it; therefore thy fear be upon them.
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And the angel of YHVH said unto them: Away, get down; and you shalt come up, both of you and Aaron with you;
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But let not the Priests and the Priestesses, and the people break through to come up unto YHVH, lest He break forth upon them.
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So Moses and Zipporah went down unto the people and spoke unto them.