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Exodus 19:11In the third month after the Israelites went out from the land of Egypt, on the very day, they came to the desert of Sinai.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 12:6Exod 16:1Exod 12:2Lev 23:16-18Num 33:15
Exodus 19:22After they journeyed from Rephidim, they came to the desert of Sinai, and they camped in the desert; Israel camped there in front of the mountain.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 17:1Exod 3:1Exod 3:12Exod 17:8Exod 18:5Acts 7:30Acts 7:38Gal 4:24
Exodus 19:33Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain, “Thus you will tell the house of Jacob, and declare to the people of Israel:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 3:4Acts 7:38Deut 5:5-31Exod 20:21Exod 24:15-18Exod 34:2
Exodus 19:44‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt and how I lifted you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:11-12Isa 63:9Isa 40:31Deut 29:2Rev 12:14Deut 4:33-36Deut 4:9Exod 7:1-14
Exodus 19:55And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 14:2Deut 7:6Deut 26:18Mal 3:17Exod 15:26Deut 10:14Ps 135:4Deut 4:20Exod 23:22Exod 9:29
Exodus 19:66and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 5:101 Pet 2:91 Pet 2:5Deut 7:6Rev 1:6Deut 28:9Isa 62:12Deut 26:19Lev 11:44-45Lev 19:2
Exodus 19:77So Moses came and summoned the elders of Israel. He set before them all these words that the Lord had commanded him,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 4:29-301 Cor 15:1Exod 3:16
Exodus 19:88and all the people answered together, “All that the Lord has commanded we will do!” So Moses brought the words of the people back to the Lord.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 24:7Exod 24:3Josh 24:24Deut 5:27-29Exod 20:19Neh 10:29Deut 26:17-19
Exodus 19:99The Lord said to Moses, “I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe in you.” And Moses told the words of the people to the Lord.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 4:36Exod 19:16Exod 24:15-16Deut 4:11-12Exod 14:31Exod 20:21Matt 17:5Ps 97:21 Kgs 8:122 Chr 20:20
Exodus 19:1010The Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and make them wash their clothesCopy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 10:22Gen 35:2Lev 11:44-45Lev 11:251 Cor 6:11Lev 15:5Num 8:21Josh 3:5Josh 7:13Num 8:7
Exodus 19:1111and be ready for the third day, for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 19:16Deut 33:2Exod 34:5John 3:13Exod 19:18Exod 19:20Exod 3:8Hab 3:3-6Isa 64:1-2John 6:38
Exodus 19:1212You must set boundaries for the people all around, saying, ‘Take heed to yourselves not to go up on the mountain nor touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death!Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 12:20-21Josh 3:4Deut 2:4Deut 4:9Exod 10:28Exod 19:21Exod 19:23Exod 34:12
Exodus 19:1313No hand will touch him —but he will surely be stoned or shot through, whether a beast or a human being; he must not live.’ When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast they may go up on the mountain.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Thess 4:16Exod 19:16Heb 12:201 Cor 15:52Exod 19:19Exod 21:28-29Lev 20:15-16
Exodus 19:1414Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 19:10
Exodus 19:1515He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day. Do not approach your wives for marital relations.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 7:51 Sam 21:4-5Exod 19:11Joel 2:162 Pet 3:11-12Amos 4:12Exod 19:16Mal 3:2Matt 24:44Matt 3:10-12
Exodus 19:1616On the third day in the morning there was thunder and lightning and a dense cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very loud horn; all the people who were in the camp trembled.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 12:18-19Ps 18:11-14Heb 12:21Rev 4:1Ps 77:18Rev 11:19Rev 4:5Rev 8:5Exod 19:9Exod 20:18
Exodus 19:1717Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their place at the foot of the mountain.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 4:10Deut 5:5
Exodus 19:1818Now Mount Sinai was completely covered with smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire, and its smoke went up like the smoke of a great furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 5:5Exod 3:2Ps 144:5Rev 15:8Gen 19:28Jer 4:24Ps 68:7-8Deut 33:2Exod 24:17Ps 104:32
Exodus 19:1919When the sound of the horn grew louder and louder, Moses was speaking and God was answering him with a voice.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 81:7Exod 19:16Neh 9:13Exod 19:13Heb 12:21
Exodus 19:2020The Lord came down on Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain, and the Lord summoned Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 9:13Exod 19:11Exod 19:3Exod 24:12-13Exod 24:18Exod 34:2Exod 34:4Ps 81:7Deut 9:9
Exodus 19:2121The Lord said to Moses, “Go down and solemnly warn the people, lest they force their way through to the Lord to look, and many of them perish.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 6:19Exod 3:5Heb 12:28-29Eccl 5:1Exod 19:12-13Exod 3:3Exod 33:20
Exodus 19:2222Let the priests also, who approach the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break through against them.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 24:51 Chr 13:9-111 Chr 15:131 Cor 11:30-322 Chr 30:152 Chr 30:18-192 Chr 30:32 Sam 6:6-8Acts 5:10Acts 5:5
Exodus 19:2323Moses said to the Lord, “The people are not able to come up to Mount Sinai, because you solemnly warned us, ‘Set boundaries for the mountain and set it apart.’”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 19:12Josh 3:4-5
Exodus 19:2424The Lord said to him, “Go, get down, and then come up, and Aaron with you, but do not let the priests and the people force their way through to come up to the Lord, lest he break through against them.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 4:16Heb 12:18-25Heb 12:292 Cor 3:7-9Exod 19:12Exod 19:21-22Exod 24:1Exod 24:9Gal 3:10-11Gal 3:19
Exodus 19:2525So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
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