{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/exodus/19","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T16:36:20.585Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Exodus","bookSlug":"exodus","chapter":19,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":18,"nextChapter":20,"totalChapters":40,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"In the third month of the departure of Israel out of the land of Egypt, on this day they came into the wilderness of Sinai: "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For departing out of Raphidim, and coming to the desert of Sinai, they camped in the same place, and there Israel pitched their tents over against the mountain. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And Moses went up to God: and the Lord called unto him from the mountain, and said: Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"You have seen what I have done to the Egyptians, how I have carried you upon the wings of eagles, and have taken you to myself. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"If therefore you will hear my voice, and keep my covenant, you shall be my peculiar possession above all people: for all the earth is mine. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And you shall be to me a priestly kingdom, and a holy nation. Those are the words thou shalt speak to the children of Israel. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Moses came, and calling together the elders of the people, he declared all the words which the Lord had commanded. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And all the people answered together: All that the Lord hath spoken, we will do. And when Moses had related the people's words to the Lord, "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The Lord said to him: Lo, now will I come to thee in the darkness of a cloud, that the people may hear me speaking to thee, and may believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people to the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And he said to him: Go to the people, and sanctify them to day, and to morrow, and let them wash their garments. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And let them be ready against the third day: for on the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And thou shalt appoint certain limits to the people round about, and thou shalt say to them: Take heed you go not up into the mount, and that ye touch not the borders thereof: every one that toucheth the mount dying he shall die. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"No hands shall touch him, but he shall be stoned to death, or shall be shot through with arrows: whether it be beast, or man, he shall not live. When the trumpet shall begin to sound, then let them go up into the mount. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And Moses came down from the mount to the people, and sanctified them. And when they had washed their garments, "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"He said to them: Be ready against the third day, and come not near your wives. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And now the third day was come, and the morning appeared: and behold thunders began to be heard, and lightning to flash, and a very thick cloud to cover the mount, and the noise of the trumpet sounded exceeding loud, and the people that was in the camp, feared. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And when Moses had brought them forth to meet God from the place of the camp, they stood at the bottom of the mount. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And all mount Sinai was on a smoke: because the Lord was come down upon it in fire, and the smoke arose from it as out of a furnace: and all the mount was terrible. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And the sound of the trumpet grew by degrees louder and louder, and was drawn out to a greater length: Moses spoke, and God answered him. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, in the very top of the mount, and he called Moses unto the top thereof. And when he was gone up thither, "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"He said unto him: Go down, and charge the people: lest they should have a mind to pass the limits to see the Lord, and a very great multitude of them should perish. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The priests also that come to the Lord, let them be sanctified, lest he strike them. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And Moses said to the Lord: The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou did charge, and command, saying: Set limits about the mount, and sanctify it. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And the Lord said to him: Go, get thee down: and thou shalt come up, thou and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people pass the limits, nor come up to the Lord, lest he kill them. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And Moses went down to the people and told them all. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Exodus 19 (DRB)","markdown":"[Exodus 19](https://primebible.com/drb/exodus/19)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/exodus/19 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}