Exodus 19 - New International Version (NIV)

At Mount Sinai

19 On the first day of the third month after the Israelites left Egypt(A)—on that very day—they came to the Desert of Sinai.(B) 2 After they set out from Rephidim,(C) they entered the Desert of Sinai, and Israel camped there in the desert in front of the mountain.(D)

3 Then Moses went up to God,(E) and the Lord called(F) to him from the mountain and said, “This is what you are to say to the descendants of Jacob and what you are to tell the people of Israel: 4 ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt,(G) and how I carried you on eagles’ wings(H) and brought you to myself.(I) 5 Now if you obey me fully(J) and keep my covenant,(K) then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.(L) Although the whole earth(M) is mine, 6 you[a] will be for me a kingdom of priests(N) and a holy nation.’(O) These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

7 So Moses went back and summoned the elders(P) of the people and set before them all the words the Lord had commanded him to speak.(Q) 8 The people all responded together, “We will do everything the Lord has said.”(R) So Moses brought their answer back to the Lord.

9 The Lord said to Moses, “I am going to come to you in a dense cloud,(S) so that the people will hear me speaking(T) with you and will always put their trust(U) in you.” Then Moses told the Lord what the people had said.

10 And the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate(V) them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their clothes(W) 11 and be ready by the third day,(X) because on that day the Lord will come down(Y) on Mount Sinai(Z) in the sight of all the people. 12 Put limits(AA) for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful that you do not approach the mountain or touch the foot of it. Whoever touches the mountain is to be put to death. 13 They are to be stoned(AB) or shot with arrows; not a hand is to be laid on them. No person or animal shall be permitted to live.’ Only when the ram’s horn(AC) sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”(AD)

14 After Moses had gone down the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.(AE) 15 Then he said to the people, “Prepare yourselves for the third day. Abstain(AF) from sexual relations.”

16 On the morning of the third day there was thunder(AG) and lightning, with a thick cloud(AH) over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast.(AI) Everyone in the camp trembled.(AJ) 17 Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.(AK) 18 Mount Sinai was covered with smoke,(AL) because the Lord descended on it in fire.(AM) The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace,(AN) and the whole mountain[b] trembled(AO) violently. 19 As the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and the voice(AP) of God answered(AQ) him.[c]

20 The Lord descended to the top of Mount Sinai(AR) and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses went up 21 and the Lord said to him, “Go down and warn the people so they do not force their way through to see(AS) the Lord and many of them perish.(AT) 22 Even the priests, who approach(AU) the Lord, must consecrate(AV) themselves, or the Lord will break out against them.”(AW)

23 Moses said to the Lord, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai,(AX) because you yourself warned us, ‘Put limits(AY) around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”

24 The Lord replied, “Go down and bring Aaron(AZ) up with you. But the priests and the people must not force their way through to come up to the Lord, or he will break out against them.”(BA)

25 So Moses went down to the people and told them.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 19:6 Or possession, for the whole earth is mine. 6 You
  2. Exodus 19:18 Most Hebrew manuscripts; a few Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint and all the people
  3. Exodus 19:19 Or and God answered him with thunder

Cross references

  1. Exodus 19:1 : S Ex 6:6
  2. Exodus 19:1 : Nu 1:1; 3:14; 33:15
  3. Exodus 19:2 : S Ex 17:1
  4. Exodus 19:2 : S ver 17; S Ex 3:1; Dt 5:2-4
  5. Exodus 19:3 : Ex 20:21
  6. Exodus 19:3 : S Ex 3:4; S 25:22; Ac 7:38
  7. Exodus 19:4 : Dt 29:2; Jos 24:7
  8. Exodus 19:4 : Dt 32:11; Ps 103:5; Isa 40:31; Jer 4:13; 48:40; Rev 12:14
  9. Exodus 19:4 : Dt 33:12; Isa 31:5; Eze 16:6
  10. Exodus 19:5 : Ex 15:26; Dt 6:3; Ps 78:10; Jer 7:23
  11. Exodus 19:5 : S Ge 17:9; S Ex 3:1
  12. Exodus 19:5 : S Ex 8:22; S 34:9; S Dt 8:1; S Tit 2:14
  13. Exodus 19:5 : S Ex 9:29; 1Co 10:26
  14. Exodus 19:6 : Isa 61:6; 66:21; S 1Pe 2:5
  15. Exodus 19:6 : Ge 18:19; Lev 11:44-45; Dt 4:37; 7:6; 26:19; 28:9; 29:13; 33:3; Isa 4:3; 62:12; Jer 2:3; Am 3:2
  16. Exodus 19:7 : Ex 18:12; Lev 4:15; 9:1; Nu 16:25
  17. Exodus 19:7 : Ex 4:30; 1Sa 8:10
  18. Exodus 19:8 : Ex 24:3, 7; Dt 5:27; 26:17
  19. Exodus 19:9 : ver 16; Ex 20:21; 24:15-16; 33:9; 34:5; Dt 4:11; 2Sa 22:10, 12; 2Ch 6:1; Ps 18:11; 97:2; 99:7; Mt 17:5
  20. Exodus 19:9 : Dt 4:12, 36; Jn 12:29-30
  21. Exodus 19:9 : S Ex 4:5
  22. Exodus 19:10 : ver 14, 22; Lev 11:44; Nu 11:18; 1Sa 16:5; Joel 2:16; Heb 10:22
  23. Exodus 19:10 : S Ge 35:2; Rev 22:14
  24. Exodus 19:11 : ver 16
  25. Exodus 19:11 : S Ge 11:5
  26. Exodus 19:11 : ver 3, 20; S Ex 3:1; 24:16; 31:18; 34:2, 4, 29, 32; Lev 7:38; 26:46; 27:34; Nu 3:1; Dt 10:5; Ne 9:13; Gal 4:24-25
  27. Exodus 19:12 : ver 23
  28. Exodus 19:13 : Heb 12:20*
  29. Exodus 19:13 : Jos 6:4; 1Ch 15:28; Ps 81:3; 98:6
  30. Exodus 19:13 : ver 21; Ex 34:3
  31. Exodus 19:14 : S Ge 35:2
  32. Exodus 19:15 : 1Sa 21:4; 1Co 7:5
  33. Exodus 19:16 : 1Sa 2:10; Isa 29:6
  34. Exodus 19:16 : S ver 9
  35. Exodus 19:16 : Heb 12:18-19; Rev 4:1
  36. Exodus 19:16 : S Ge 3:10; 1Sa 13:7; 14:15; 28:5; Ps 99:1; Heb 12:21
  37. Exodus 19:17 : S ver 2; Dt 4:11
  38. Exodus 19:18 : Ex 20:18; Ps 104:32; Isa 6:4; Rev 15:8
  39. Exodus 19:18 : S Ex 3:2; 24:17; Lev 9:24; Dt 4:11, 24, 33, 36; 5:4; 9:3; 1Ki 18:24, 38; 1Ch 21:26; 2Ch 7:1; Ps 18:8; Heb 12:18
  40. Exodus 19:18 : S Ge 19:28; Rev 9:2
  41. Exodus 19:18 : Jdg 5:5; 2Sa 22:8; Ps 18:7; 68:8; Isa 2:19; 5:25; 41:15; 64:1; Jer 4:24; 10:10; Mic 1:4; Na 1:5; Hab 3:6, 10; Hag 2:6
  42. Exodus 19:19 : S ver 9; Dt 4:33; Ne 9:13
  43. Exodus 19:19 : Ps 81:7
  44. Exodus 19:20 : S ver 11
  45. Exodus 19:21 : Ex 24:10-11; Nu 4:20; 1Sa 6:19
  46. Exodus 19:21 : S ver 13
  47. Exodus 19:22 : Lev 10:3
  48. Exodus 19:22 : 1Sa 16:5; 2Ch 29:5; Joel 2:16
  49. Exodus 19:22 : ver 24; 2Sa 6:7
  50. Exodus 19:23 : ver 11
  51. Exodus 19:23 : ver 12
  52. Exodus 19:24 : Ex 24:1, 9
  53. Exodus 19:24 : ver 22

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