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19 Á þriðja mánuði eftir brottför Ísraelsmanna frá Egyptalandi, á þeim degi komu þeir í Sínaí-eyðimörk.

Þeir tóku sig upp frá Refídím og komu í Sínaí-eyðimörk og settu búðir sínar í eyðimörkinni. Og Ísrael setti búðir sínar þar gegnt fjallinu.

Gekk Móse þá upp til Guðs, og kallaði Drottinn til hans af fjallinu og sagði: "Svo skalt þú segja Jakobs niðjum og kunngjöra Ísraelsmönnum:

,Þér hafið sjálfir séð, hvað ég hefi gjört Egyptum, og hversu ég hefi borið yður á arnarvængjum og flutt yður til mín.

Nú ef þér hlýðið minni röddu grandgæfilega og haldið minn sáttmála, þá skuluð þér vera mín eiginleg eign umfram allar þjóðir, því að öll jörðin er mín.

Og þér skuluð vera mér prestaríki og heilagur lýður.` Þetta eru þau orð, sem þú skalt flytja Ísraelsmönnum."

Og Móse fór og stefndi saman öldungum lýðsins og flutti þeim öll þau orð, er Drottinn hafði boðið honum.

Þá svaraði allur lýðurinn einum munni og sagði: "Vér viljum gjöra allt það, sem Drottinn býður." Og Móse flutti Drottni aftur orð fólksins.

Þá sagði Drottinn við Móse: "Sjá, ég vil koma til þín í dimmu skýi, svo að fólkið heyri, er ég tala við þig, og trúi þér ævinlega." Og Móse flutti Drottni orð lýðsins.

10 Þá mælti Drottinn við Móse: "Far til fólksins og helga þá í dag og á morgun, og lát þá þvo klæði sín,

11 og skulu þeir vera búnir á þriðja degi, því að á þriðja degi mun Drottinn ofan stíga á Sínaífjall í augsýn alls lýðsins.

12 En þú skalt marka fólkinu svið umhverfis og segja: ,Varist að ganga upp á fjallið eða snerta fjallsræturnar.` Hver sem snertir fjallið, skal vissulega láta líf sitt.

13 Engin mannshönd skal snerta hann, heldur skal hann grýttur eða skotinn til bana, hvort það er heldur skepna eða maður, þá skal það ekki lífi halda. Þegar lúðurinn kveður við, skulu þeir stíga upp á fjallið."

14 Þá gekk Móse ofan af fjallinu til fólksins og helgaði fólkið, og þeir þvoðu klæði sín.

15 Og hann sagði við fólkið: "Verið búnir á þriðja degi: Komið ekki nærri nokkurri konu."

16 Á þriðja degi, þegar ljóst var orðið, gengu reiðarþrumur og eldingar, og þykkt ský lá á fjallinu, og heyrðist mjög sterkur lúðurþytur. Skelfdist þá allt fólkið, sem var í búðunum.

17 Þá leiddi Móse fólkið út úr búðunum til móts við Guð, og tóku menn sér stöðu undir fjallinu.

18 Sínaífjall var allt í einum reyk, fyrir því að Drottinn sté niður á það í eldinum. Mökkurinn stóð upp af því, eins og reykur úr ofni, og allt fjallið lék á reiðiskjálfi.

19 Og lúðurþyturinn varð æ sterkari og sterkari. Móse talaði, og Guð svaraði honum hárri röddu.

20 Og Drottinn sté niður á Sínaífjall, á fjallstindinn. Og Drottinn kallaði Móse upp á fjallstindinn, og gekk Móse þá upp.

21 Þá sagði Drottinn við Móse: "Stíg ofan og legg ríkt á við fólkið, að það brjótist ekki upp hingað til Drottins fyrir forvitni sakir og fjöldi af þeim farist.

22 Einnig prestarnir, sem annars nálgast Drottin, skulu helga sig, svo að Drottinn gjöri eigi skarð í hóp þeirra."

23 En Móse sagði við Drottin: "Fólkið getur ekki stigið upp á Sínaífjall, því að þú hefir lagt ríkt á við oss og sagt: ,Set vébönd umhverfis fjallið og helga það."`

24 Og Drottinn sagði við hann: "Far nú og stíg ofan, og kom því næst upp aftur og Aron með þér. En prestarnir og fólkið má ekki brjótast upp hingað til Drottins, að hann gjöri ekki skarð í hóp þeirra."

25 Móse gekk þá ofan til fólksins og sagði þeim þetta.

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) 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)

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: ‘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) 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, 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.”

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) The people all responded together, “We will do everything the Lord has said.”(R) So Moses brought their answer back to the Lord.

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. 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

19 In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.

And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;

Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him.

And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord.

And the Lord 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 for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord.

10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,

11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

12 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 be surely put to death:

13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.

16 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 trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

20 And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.

22 And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them.

23 And Moses said unto the Lord, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

24 And the Lord said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon them.

25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.