10. the Lord said to Moses: Go to the people and have them sanctify themselves today and tomorrow. Have them wash their garments
11. and 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.
12. Set limits for the people all around, saying: Take care not to go up the mountain, or even to touch its edge. All who touch the mountain must be put to death.
13. No hand shall touch them, but they must be stoned to death or killed with arrows. Whether human being or beast, they must not be allowed to live. Only when the ram’s horn sounds may they go up on the mountain.
14. Then Moses came down from the mountain to the people and had them sanctify themselves, and they washed their garments.
15. He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day. Do not approach a woman.”
16. On the morning of the third day there were peals of thunder and lightning, and a heavy cloud over the mountain, and a very loud blast of the shofar, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
17. But Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stationed themselves at the foot of the mountain.