18. Now the entire Mount Sinai was in smoke, because Adonai had descended upon it in fire. The smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace. The whole mountain quaked greatly.
19. When the sound of the shofar grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him with a thunderous sound.
20. Then Adonai came down onto Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Adonai called Moses to the top of the mountain, so Moses went up.
21. Then Adonai said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to see Adonai, and many of them die.
22. Even the kohanim who come near to Adonai must consecrate themselves, so that Adonai does not break out against them.”
23. Moses said to Adonai, “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for You are the One who warned us, saying, ‘Set boundaries around the mountain, and consecrate it.’”
24. Then Adonai said to him, “Go down. You are to come back up, you and Aaron with you. But do not let the kohanim and the people break through to come up to Adonai, or He will break out against them.”
25. So Moses went down to the people and told them.