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And he said unto the people: 'Be ready against the third day; come not near a woman.'
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And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a horn exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled.
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And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet G-d; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
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Now mount Sinai was altogether on smoke, because HaShem descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
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And when the voice of the horn waxed louder and louder, Moses spoke, and G-d answered him by a voice.
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And HaShem came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the mount; and HaShem called Moses to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
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And HaShem said unto Moses: 'Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto HaShem to gaze, and many of them perish.
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And let the priests also, that come near to HaShem, sanctify themselves, lest HaShem break forth upon them.'
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And Moses said unto HaShem: 'The people cannot come up to mount Sinai; for thou didst charge us, saying: Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.'
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And HaShem said unto him: 'Go, 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 HaShem, lest He break forth upon them.'
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So Moses went down unto the people, and told them.