¹In the third month since the children of Israel went out from the land of Egypt, on this very day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.

²They set out from Rephidim and came to the wilderness of Sinai and camped in the wilderness; and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.

³And Moses went up to God, and Yahweh called to him from the mountain, saying: Like this you will say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:

⁴You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on the wings of eagles and brought you to myself.

⁵And now, if you truly listen to my voice and keep my covenant, you will be for me a treasured possession out of all the peoples, for all the land is mine.

⁶And you yourselves will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you will speak to the children of Israel.

⁷And Moses came and summoned the elders of the people, and set before them all these words that Yahweh had commanded him.

⁸And all the people answered together and said: All that Yahweh has spoken, we will do. And Moses brought back the words of the people to Yahweh.

⁹And Yahweh said to Moses: Look, I am about to come to you in the dark cloud-mass, so that the people may hear when I speak with you, and also in you they will trust forever. And Moses told the words of the people to Yahweh.

¹⁰And Yahweh said to Moses: Go to the people and set them apart today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments.

¹¹And let them be ready for the third day, for on the third day Yahweh will come down before the eyes of all the people on the mountain of Sinai.

¹²And you shall set a boundary for the people all around, saying: Guard yourselves against going up the mountain or touching its end; anyone who touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

¹³No hand shall touch him, for he will surely be stoned to death or surely be shot; whether animal or man, he shall not live. When the ram's horn is drawn out, they themselves may go up on the mountain.

¹⁴And Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and set apart the people, and they washed their garments.

¹⁵And he said to the people: Be ready for three days; do not draw near to a woman.

¹⁶And on the third day, when morning came, there were sounds and lightning flashes, a heavy cloud over the mountain, and the sound of a horn, very strong; and all the people in the camp shuddered.

¹⁷And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the lower part of the mountain.

¹⁸Now Mount Sinai was smoking, all of it, because Yahweh had come down upon it in fire; its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shuddered greatly.

¹⁹And the sound of the horn went on growing very strong; Moses would speak, and God would answer him with a voice.

²⁰And Yahweh came down upon Mount Sinai, to the head of the mountain; and Yahweh called Moses to the head of the mountain, and Moses went up.

²¹And Yahweh said to Moses: Go down, solemnly warn the people, lest they break through to Yahweh to see, and many of them fall.

²²And also the priests who come near to Yahweh must set themselves apart, lest Yahweh burst out against them.

²³And Moses said to Yahweh: The people cannot go up to Mount Sinai, for you yourself warned us, saying: Set a boundary around the mountain, and set it apart.

²⁴And Yahweh said to him: Go, come down, then you shall go up, you and Aaron with you; but the priests and the people must not break through to go up to Yahweh, lest he burst out against them.

²⁵And Moses went down to the people and said to them.