10. The Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and have them spend today and tomorrow preparing themselves. They must wash their clothes
11. and be ready by the day after tomorrow. On that day I, the Lord, will come down on Mount Sinai, and all the people will see me.
12. But you must set a limit around the mountain that the people are not to cross. Tell them not to go up on the mountain and not to touch the foot of it. Anyone who touches the mountain must be put to death
13. with stones or shot with arrows. No one is allowed to touch him. Whether it is a person or an animal, he will not live. But the trumpet will make a long blast, and only then may the people go up on the mountain.”
14. After Moses went down from the mountain to the people, he made them prepare themselves for service to God, and they washed their clothes.
15. Then Moses said to the people, “Be ready in three days. Do not have sexual relations during this time.”
16. On the morning of the third day, there was thunder and lightning with a thick cloud on the mountain. There was a very loud blast from a trumpet, and all the people in the camp trembled.
17. Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
18. Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord came down on it in fire. The smoke rose from the mountain like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain shook wildly.
19. The sound from the trumpet became louder. Then Moses spoke, and the voice of God answered him.
20. When the Lord came down on top of Mount Sinai, he called Moses to come up to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
21. The Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people that they must not force their way through to see me. If they do, many of them will die.