Exodus 19

Israel at Mount Sinai

1 In the third month after the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on the same day, a they came to the Wilderness of Sinai. 2 For they had departed from b Rephidim, had come to the Wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness. So Israel camped there before c the mountain. 3 And d Moses went up to God, and the LORD e called to him from the mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: 4 f 'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how g I 1 bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself. 5 'Now h therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and i keep My covenant, then j you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is k Mine. 6 'And you shall be to Me a l kingdom of priests and a m holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."

7 So Moses came and called for the n elders of the people, and 2 laid before them all these words which the LORD commanded him. 8 Then o all the people answered together and said, "All that the LORD has spoken we will do." So Moses brought back the words of the people to the LORD.

9 And the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I come to you p in the thick cloud, q that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever." So Moses told the words of the people to the LORD. 10 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to the people and r consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes. 11 "And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the LORD will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. 12 "You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, 'Take heed to yourselves that you do not go up to the mountain or touch its base. s Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death. 13 'Not a hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with an arrow; whether man or beast, he shall not live.' When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come near the mountain." 14 So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes. 15 And he said to the people, "Be ready for the third day; t do not come near your wives."

16 Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were u thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp v trembled. 17 And w Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. 18 Now x Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the LORD descended upon y it in fire. z Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and 3 the a whole mountain quaked greatly. 19 And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder and louder, b Moses spoke, and c God answered him by voice. 20 Then the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

21 And the LORD said to Moses, "Go down and warn the people, lest they break through d to gaze at the LORD, and many of them perish. 22 "Also let the e priests who come near the LORD f consecrate themselves, lest the LORD g break out against them." 23 But Moses said to the LORD, "The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai; for You warned us, saying, h 'Set bounds around the mountain and consecrate it.' " 24 Then the LORD said to him, "Away! Get down and then come up, you and Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest He break out against them." 25 So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.

  1. Cross References
    Numbers 33:15
    They departed from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 17:1
    Then all the congregation of the children of Israel set out on their journey from the Wilderness of Sin, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 3:1
    Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
    Exodus 3:12
    So He said, "I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.
    Exodus 18:5
    And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.
  4. Cross References
    Acts 7:38
    This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, the one who received the living oracles to give to us.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 3:4
    So when the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here I am.
  6. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 29:2
    Now Moses called all Israel and said to them: "You have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land -
  7. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:11
    As an eagle stirs up its nest, Hovers over its young, Spreading out its wings, taking them up, Carrying them on its wings.
    Isaiah 63:9
    In all their affliction He was afflicted, And the Angel of His Presence saved them; In His love and in His pity He redeemed them; And He bore them and carried them All the days of old.
    Revelation 12:14
    But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 15:26
    And said, "If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.
    Exodus 23:22
    But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.
  9. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 5:2
    The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
    Psalms 78:10
    They did not keep the covenant of God; They refused to walk in His law.
  10. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:20
    But the LORD has taken you and brought you out ...
    Deuteronomy 7:6
    For you are a holy people to the LORD your God;...
    Deuteronomy 14:2
    For you are a holy people to the LORD your God,...
    Deuteronomy 26:18
    Also today the LORD has proclaimed you to be Hi...
    1 Kings 8:53
    "For You separated them from among all the peop...
    Psalms 135:4
    For the LORD has chosen Jacob for Himself, Isra...
    Titus 2:14
    Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem u...
    1 Peter 2:9
    But you are a chosen generation, a royal priest...
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 9:29
    So Moses said to him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD; the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, that you may know that the earth is the LORD's.
    Deuteronomy 10:14
    Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the LORD your God, also the earth with all that is in it.
    Job 41:11
    Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
    Psalms 50:12
    If I were hungry, I would not tell you; For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
    1 Corinthians 10:26
    For "the earth is the LORD's, and all its fullness.
  12. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 33:2 - 4
    And he said: "The LORD came from Sinai, And dawned on them from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran, And He came with ten thousands of saints; From His right hand Came a fiery law for them.
    1 Peter 2:5
    You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
    1 Peter 2:9
    But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
    Revelation 1:6
    And has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
    Revelation 5:10
    And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth.
  13. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 7:6
    For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.
    Deuteronomy 14:21
    You shall not eat anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the alien who is within your gates, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
    Deuteronomy 26:19
    "and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, in praise, in name, and in honor, and that you may be a holy people to the LORD your God, just as He has spoken."
    Isaiah 62:12
    And they shall call them The Holy People, The Redeemed of the LORD; And you shall be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
    1 Corinthians 3:17
    If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
  14. Cross References
    Exodus 4:29
    Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel.
    Exodus 4:30
    And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses. Then he did the signs in the sight of the people.
  15. Cross References
    Exodus 4:31
    So the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel and that He had looked on their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
    Exodus 24:3
    So Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the judgments. And all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words which the LORD has said we will do.
    Exodus 24:7
    Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, "All that the LORD has said we will do, and be obedient.
    Deuteronomy 5:27
    'You go near and hear all that the LORD our God may say, and tell us all that the LORD our God says to you, and we will hear and do it.'
    Deuteronomy 26:17
    Today you have proclaimed the LORD to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and that you will obey His voice.
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 19:16
    Then it came to pass on the third day, in the m...
    Exodus 20:21
    So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew ne...
    Exodus 24:15
    Then Moses went up into the mountain, and a clo...
    Deuteronomy 4:11
    Then you came near and stood at the foot of the...
    Psalms 99:7
    He spoke to them in the cloudy pillar; They kep...
    Matthew 17:5
    While he was still speaking, behold, a bright c...
  17. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:12
    And the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; you only heard a voice.
    Deuteronomy 4:36
    Out of heaven He let you hear His voice, that He might instruct you; on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the midst of the fire.
    John 12:29
    Therefore the people who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to Him.
    John 12:30
    Jesus answered and said, "This voice did not come because of Me, but for your sake.
  18. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:44
    For I am the LORD your God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
    Leviticus 11:45
    For I am the LORD who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
    Hebrews 10:22
    Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
  19. Cross References
    Exodus 34:3
    "And no man shall come up with you, and let no man be seen throughout all the mountain; let neither flocks nor herds feed before that mountain."
    Hebrews 12:20
    (For they could not endure what was commanded: "And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow.
  20. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 7:5
    Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
  21. Cross References
    Hebrews 12:18
    For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest.
    Hebrews 12:19
    And the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore.
  22. Cross References
    Hebrews 12:21
    And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I am exceedingly afraid and trembling.")
  23. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:10
    " especially concerning the day you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, 'Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.'
  24. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:11
    Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
    Judges 5:5
    The mountains gushed before the LORD, This Sinai, before the LORD God of Israel.
    Psalms 104:32
    He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the hills, and they smoke.
    Psalms 144:5
    Bow down Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
  25. Cross References
    Exodus 3:2
    And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed.
    Exodus 24:17
    The sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
    Deuteronomy 5:4
    The LORD talked with you face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire.
    2 Chronicles 7:1 - 3
    When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
    Hebrews 12:18
    For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest.
  26. Cross References
    Genesis 15:17
    And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that passed between those pieces.
    Genesis 19:28
    Then he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain; and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land which went up like the smoke of a furnace.
    Revelation 15:8
    The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power, and no one was able to enter the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
  27. Cross References
    Psalms 68:8
    The earth shook; The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
    1 Kings 19:12
    And after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.
    Jeremiah 4:24
    I beheld the mountains, and indeed they trembled, And all the hills moved back and forth.
    Hebrews 12:26
    Whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, "Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.
  28. Cross References
    Hebrews 12:21
    And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I am exceedingly afraid and trembling.")
  29. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:13
    You came down also on Mount Sinai, And spoke with them from heaven, And gave them just ordinances and true laws, Good statutes and commandments.
    Psalms 81:7
    You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
  30. Cross References
    1 Samuel 6:19
    Then He struck the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD. He struck fifty thousand and seventy men of the people, and the people lamented because the LORD had struck the people with a great slaughter.
  31. Cross References
    Exodus 19:24
    Then the LORD said to him, "Away! Get down and then come up, you and Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest He break out against them.
    Exodus 24:5
    Then he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD.
  32. Cross References
    Leviticus 10:3
    And Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD spoke, saying: 'By those who come near Me I must be regarded as holy; And before all the people I must be glorified.' " So Aaron held his peace.
    Leviticus 21:6 - 8
    They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.
  33. Cross References
    2 Samuel 6:7
    Then the anger of the LORD was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by the ark of God.
    2 Samuel 6:8
    And David became angry because of the LORD's outbreak against Uzzah; and he called the name of the place Perez Uzzah to this day.
  34. Cross References
    Exodus 19:12
    You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, 'Take heed to yourselves that you do not go up to the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.
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