Exodus 19:18-25

Exodus 19:18-25

[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  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.