Exodus 1919ExodusThe covenant at SinaiThe Orthodox Jewish Bible Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha The Holy Bible

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1. Israel at Mount Sinai

2. 1ENGOJBIn the chodesh hashelishi (third new moon), after the Bnei Yisroel had their exodus from Eretz Mitzrayim, on that very day they came into the Midbar Sinai.BSBBSB: In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.
3. 2ENGOJBFor they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to Midbar Sinai, and had encamped in the midbar; and there Yisroel camped before HaHar.BSBBSB: After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.
4. 3ENGOJBAnd Moshe went up to HaElohim, and Hashem called out unto him from HaHar, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the Bais Ya'akov, and declare unto the Bnei Yisroel;BSBBSB: Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:
5. 4ENGOJBYou yourselves have seen what I did unto the Mitzrayim, and how I carried you on eaglesʼ wings, and brought you unto Myself.BSBBSB: ‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.
6. 5ENGOJBNow therefore, if ye will obey My voice very carefully, and be shomer over My brit, then ye shall be a segullah (treasured possession) unto Me above all people; for kol ha'aretz is Mine;BSBBSB: Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
7. 6ENGOJBAnd ye shall be unto Me a mamlechet kohanim, and a goy kadosh. These are the words which thou shalt recount unto the Bnei Yisroel.BSBBSB: And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”
8. 7ENGOJBAnd Moshe came and summoned the Ziknei HaAm, and set authoritatively before their faces all these words just as Hashem commanded him.BSBBSB: So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.
9. 8ENGOJBAnd kol HaAm answered together, and said, All that Hashem hath spoken we will do. And Moshe brought back the words of HaAm unto Hashem.BSBBSB: And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.
10. 9ENGOJBAnd Hashem said unto Moshe, Hinei, I am coming unto thee in a thick cloud, that HaAm may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee l'olam. Then Moshe told the words of HaAm unto Hashem.BSBBSB: The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in you.” And Moses relayed to the LORD what the people had said.
11. 10ENGOJBSo Hashem said unto Moshe, Go unto HaAm, and set them apart as kodesh today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothing,BSBBSB: Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes
12. 11ENGOJBAnd be ready by Yom HaShelishi; for Yom HaShelishi Hashem will come down in the sight of kol HaAm upon Mt. Sinai.BSBBSB: and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
13. 12ENGOJBAnd thou shalt set boundaries unto HaAm all around, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into HaHar, or touch the edge of it; whosoever toucheth HaHar shall be surely put to death;BSBBSB: And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.
14. 13ENGOJBThere shall no yad touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or surely mortally shot; whether it be behemah or ish, it shall not live; when the yovel soundeth long, they shall come up to HaHar.BSBBSB: No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”
15. 14ENGOJBSo Moshe came down from HaHar unto HaAm, and set apart as kodesh HaAm; and they washed their clothes.BSBBSB: When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.
16. 15ENGOJBThen he said to HaAm, Be ready by Sheloshet Yamim; come not into your isha.BSBBSB: “Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”

17. The LORD Visits Sinai

18. 16ENGOJBAnd it came to pass on the Yom HaShelishi when the boker was breaking, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a heavy cloud upon HaHar, and the blast of the shofar exceeding loud; so that kol HaAm that was in the machaneh trembled with terror.BSBBSB: On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
19. 17ENGOJBAnd Moshe led HaAm forth out of the machaneh to encounter HaElohim; and they stood at the foot of HaHar.BSBBSB: Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
20. 18ENGOJBAnd Mt. Sinai was altogether smoking, because Hashem descended upon it in eish; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of the furnace, and kol HaHar shook violently.BSBBSB: Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
21. 19ENGOJBAnd when the sound of the shofar was moving closer, and grew louder and louder, Moshe spoke, and HaElohim answered him in thunder.BSBBSB: And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.
22. 20ENGOJBAnd Hashem came down upon Mt. Sinai, onto the top of HaHar; and Hashem summoned Moshe up to the top of HaHar; and Moshe went up.BSBBSB: The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,
23. 21ENGOJBAnd Hashem said unto Moshe, Go down, warn HaAm, lest they push through toward Hashem to gaze, and many of them fall perishing.BSBBSB: and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.
24. 22ENGOJBAnd let the kohanim also, which come near to Hashem, set themselves apart as kodesh, lest Hashem break forth upon them.BSBBSB: Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.”
25. 23ENGOJBAnd Moshe said unto Hashem, HaAm cannot come up to Mt. Sinai; for You Yourself charged us, saying, Establish boundaries for HaHar, and set it apart as kodesh.BSBBSB: But Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, for You solemnly warned us, ‘Put a boundary around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”
26. 24ENGOJBAnd Hashem said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aharon with thee; but let not the kohanim and HaAm push through to come up unto Hashem, lest He break forth upon them.BSBBSB: And the LORD replied, “Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.”
27. 25ENGOJBSo Moshe went down unto HaAm and told them.BSBBSB: So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.