Exodus 19
1 The Israeli people then left Rephidim, and exactly two months after leaving Egypt, they/we came to the desert near Sinai [Mountain]. They/We set up their/our tents at the base of the mountain.
in/on/with month: new moon [the] third to/for to come out: come son: descendant/people Israel from land: country/planet Egypt in/on/with day [the] this to come (in): come wilderness (Wilderness of) Sinai
and to set out from Rephidim and to come (in): come wilderness (Wilderness of) Sinai and to camp in/on/with wilderness and to camp there Israel before [the] mountain: mount
3 Moses/I climbed up the mountain [to talk with] God. Yahweh called to [him/me] from [the top of] the mountain and said, “This is what I want you to say to the Israeli people, the descendants of Jacob:
and Moses to ascend: rise to(wards) [the] God and to call: call to to(wards) him LORD from [the] mountain: mount to/for to say thus to say to/for house: household Jacob and to tell to/for son: descendant/people Israel
4 ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. You have seen [what I did for all of you] and how I brought you here to me. It was as though I [lifted you up as] an eagle [carries its young eaglets] on its wings [MET].
you(m. p.) to see: see which to make: do to/for Egypt and to lift: bear [obj] you upon wing eagle and to come (in): bring [obj] you to(wards) me
5 So now, if you will do what I tell you and obey all that I command you, you will be my own people. All the people-groups on the earth are mine, but you will be (dearer/more special) to me than all the other people-groups.
and now if to hear: obey to hear: obey in/on/with voice my and to keep: obey [obj] covenant my and to be to/for me possession from all [the] people for to/for me all [the] land: country/planet
6 You will be people over whom I will rule, and you will all (be like priests/represent me to other nations as priests represent me to one nation) [MET], and you will be completely dedicated to me.’ That is what you must tell the Israeli people.”
and you(m. p.) to be to/for me kingdom priest and nation holy these [the] word which to speak: speak to(wards) son: descendant/people Israel
7 So Moses/I went [down the mountain] and summoned the elders/leaders of the people. He/I told them everything that Yahweh had told him/me to tell them.
and to come (in): come Moses and to call: call to to/for old: elder [the] people and to set: make to/for face: before their [obj] all [the] word [the] these which to command him LORD
8 The people all said, “We will do everything that Yahweh has told us to do.” Then Moses/I [climbed back up the mountain and] reported to Yahweh what the people had said.
and to answer all [the] people together and to say all which to speak: speak LORD to make: do and to return: reply Moses [obj] word [the] people to(wards) LORD
9 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “[Listen carefully]: I am going to appear to you from inside a thick cloud. When I am speaking to you, the people will hear it, and they will always trust in you.” Then Moses/I went [down the mountain and reported to the people what Yahweh said. Then he/I went back up the mountain and] told Yahweh what the people replied.
and to say LORD to(wards) Moses behold I to come (in): come to(wards) you in/on/with cloud [the] cloud in/on/with for the sake of to hear: hear [the] people in/on/with to speak: speak I with you and also in/on/with you be faithful to/for forever: enduring and to tell Moses [obj] word [the] people to(wards) LORD
10 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Go [back down] to the people [again]. [Tell them to] purify themselves today and tomorrow. [Tell them to] wash their clothes, too.
and to say LORD to(wards) Moses to go: went to(wards) [the] people and to consecrate: consecate them [the] day and tomorrow and to wash mantle their
11 They must do that to be ready on the day after tomorrow. On that day I will come down to Sinai Mountain to where all the people can see me.
and to be to establish: prepare to/for day [the] third for in/on/with day [the] third to go down LORD to/for eye: seeing all [the] people upon mountain: mount Sinai
12 You must make a boundary around the base of the mountain, and tell them, ‘Be sure that you do not climb the mountain or even go near it. Anyone who even touches the base of the mountain must be executed.’
and to border [obj] [the] people around to/for to say to keep: careful to/for you to ascend: rise in/on/with mountain: mount and to touch in/on/with end his all [the] to touch in/on/with mountain: mount to die to die
13 Do not let anyone touch any person or any animal that touches the mountain. You must [kill any person or animal that touches the mountain] by throwing stones at it or shooting it [with arrows]. But when you hear a long [loud] trumpet sound, the people can come close to the [base of the] mountain.”
not to touch in/on/with him hand for to stone to stone or to shoot to shoot if animal if man not to live in/on/with to draw [the] jubilee/horn they(masc.) to ascend: rise in/on/with mountain: mount
14 So Moses/I went down the mountain [again] and told the people to purify themselves. They did what Moses/I told them to do, and they also washed their clothes.
and to go down Moses from [the] mountain: mount to(wards) [the] people and to consecrate: consecate [obj] [the] people and to wash mantle their
15 Then Moses/I said to the people, “Be ready on the day after tomorrow. And [you men] must not have sex with [EUP] [your wives] until after then.”
and to say to(wards) [the] people to be to establish: prepare to/for three day not to approach: approach to(wards) woman
16 Two days later, during the morning, there was thunder and lightning, and a very dark cloud on the mountain. A trumpet sounded very loudly, with the result that the people in the camp shook/trembled because they [were very afraid].
and to be in/on/with day [the] third in/on/with to be [the] morning and to be voice: thunder and lightning and cloud heavy upon [the] mountain: mount and voice: sound trumpet strong much and to tremble all [the] people which in/on/with camp
17 Then Moses/I led the people outside the camp to meet with God. They stood at the base of the mountain.
and to come out: send Moses [obj] [the] people to/for to encounter: meet [the] God from [the] camp and to stand in/on/with lower [the] mountain: mount
18 All of Sinai Mountain was covered in smoke, because Yahweh had descended on it, surrounded by a fire. The smoke rose up like the smoke from [the chimney of] a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.
and mountain: mount Sinai be angry all his from face: because which to go down upon him LORD in/on/with fire and to ascend: rise smoke his like/as smoke [the] kiln and to tremble all [the] mountain: mount much
19 As the sound of the trumpet continued to become louder, Moses/I spoke [to Yahweh], and Yahweh answered [him/me] in [a loud voice that sounded like] thunder.
and to be voice: sound [the] trumpet to go: continue and stronger much Moses to speak: speak and [the] God to answer him in/on/with voice: thunder
20 Then Yahweh came down [again] onto the top of Sinai Mountain, and he summoned Moses/me to come up to the top of the mountain. So Moses/I went up.
and to go down LORD upon mountain: mount Sinai to(wards) head: top [the] mountain: mount and to call: call to LORD to/for Moses to(wards) head: top [the] mountain: mount and to ascend: rise Moses
21 Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Go down again and warn the people not to cross the boundary in order to look [at me]. If they [do] that, many of them will die.
and to say LORD to(wards) Moses to go down to testify in/on/with people lest to overthrow to(wards) LORD to/for to see: see and to fall: kill from him many
22 Also, the priests who habitually come near me must purify themselves. If they do not do that, I will punish them.”
and also [the] priest [the] to approach: approach to(wards) LORD to consecrate: consecate lest to break through in/on/with them LORD
23 Then Moses/I said to Yahweh, “The people will not climb the mountain, because you commanded them, saying, ‘Set a boundary around the mountain, to make it sacred/taboo.’”
and to say Moses to(wards) LORD not be able [the] people to/for to ascend: rise to(wards) mountain: mount Sinai for you(m. s.) to testify in/on/with us to/for to say to border [obj] [the] mountain: mount and to consecrate: consecate him
24 Yahweh replied, “Go down the mountain, and bring Aaron back up with you. But do not allow the priests or other people to cross the boundary to come up to me. If they cross it, I will punish them.”
and to say to(wards) him LORD to go: went to go down and to ascend: rise you(m. s.) and Aaron with you and [the] priest and [the] people not to overthrow to/for to ascend: rise to(wards) LORD lest to break through in/on/with them
25 So Moses/I went down the mountain [again] and told the people [what Yahweh had said].
and to go down Moses to(wards) [the] people and to say to(wards) them
