And Moseswent up unto God, and the LORDcalledunto him out of the mountain, saying, Thusshaltthou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
Now therefore, if ye willobey my voiceindeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiartreasureunto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
And the LORDsaiduntoMoses, Lo, I comeuntothee in a thickcloud, that the people may hearwhen I speakwiththee, and believethee for ever. And Mosestold the words of the peopleunto the LORD.
And thoushalt set boundsunto the peopleroundabout, saying, Takeheed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoevertoucheth the mountshall be surely put to death:
Thereshall not an handtouch it, but he shallsurely be stoned, or shotthrough; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpetsoundethlong, theyshallcome up to the mount.
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, thattherewerethunders and lightnings, and a thickcloudupon the mount, and the voice of the trumpetexceedingloud; so that all the peoplethat was in the camptrembled.
And mountSinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORDdescendedupon it in fire: and the smokethereofascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the wholemountquakedgreatly.
And the LORDsaidunto him, Away, get theedown, and thoushaltcome up, thou, and Aaronwiththee: but let not the priests and the peoplebreakthrough to come up unto the LORD, lest he breakforthuponthem.