1 The people arrive at Sinai
3 God's message by Moses unto the people out of the mount
8 The people are prepared against the third day, for the giving of the law
12 The mountain must not be touched
16 The fearful presence of God upon the mount

A.M. 2513 B.C. 1491. An. Ex. Is. 1. Sivan. the third Ex 12:2,6 Le 23:16-18

came Ex 16:1 Nu 33:15

2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.

Rephidim Ex 17:1,8

the desert. Mount Sinai, called by the Arabs Jibbel Mousa, the Mountain of Moses, and sometimes by way of eminence, El Tor, the Mount, is a range of mountains in the peninsula formed by the gulfs of the Red Sea. It consists of several peaks, the principal of which are Horeb and Sinai; the former, still called Oreb, being on the west, and the latter, called Tur Sina, on the east, at the foot of which is the convent of St. Catherine. Dr. Shaw conceives that the wilderness of Sinai, property so called, is that part which is to the eastward of this mount; so that the removal of the Israelites from Rephidim, which was on the West, to the desert of Sinai, was only removing from one part of the mountain to another. camped Ex 3:1,12 18:5 Ac 7:30,38 Ga 4:24

3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;

went up Ex 20:21 24:15-18 34:2 De 5:5-31 Ac 7:38

called Ex 3:4

4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.

seen Ex 7:1 8:1 9:1 10:1 11:1 12:1 13:1 14:1 De 4:9,33-36 29:2 Isa 63:9

I bare you De 32:11,12 Isa 40:31 63:9 Re 12:14

5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

if ye Ex 23:22 24:7 De 11:27 28:1 Jos 24:24 1Sa 15:22 Isa 1:19 Jer 7:23 11:4-7 Heb 11:8

keep De 5:2 Ps 25:10 103:17,18 Isa 56:4 Jer 31:31-33

a peculiar De 4:20 7:6 14:2,21 26:18 32:8,9 1Ki 8:53 Ps 135:4 So 8:12 Isa 41:8 43:1 Jer 10:16 Mal 3:17 Tit 2:14

all the earth Ex 9:29 De 10:14 Job 41:11 Ps 24:1 50:11 Da 4:34,35 1Co 10:26

6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

a kingdom De 33:2-4 Isa 61:6 Ro 12:1 1Pe 2:5,9 Re 1:6 5:10 20:6

and an Le 11:44,45 19:2 20:24,26 21:7,8,23 De 7:6 26:19 28:9 Isa 62:12 1Co 3:17 1Th 5:27 1Pe 1:15,16

7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.

the elders Ex 3:16

and laid Ex 4:29,30 1Co 15:1

8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.

Ex 20:19 24:3,7 De 5:27-29 26:17-19 Ne 10:29

9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.

lo Ex 19:16 20:21 24:15,16 De 4:11 1Ki 8:12 2Ch 6:1 Ps 18:11,12 97:2 Isa 19:1 Mt 17:5 Mr 9:7 Lu 9:34,35 Re 1:7

that the De 4:12,36 Joh 12:29,30

believe Ex 14:31 2Ch 20:20 Isa 7:9 Lu 10:16

10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,

sanctify Ex 16:15 Le 11:44,45 Jos 3:5 7:13 1Sa 16:5 2Ch 29:5,34 30:17-19 Job 11:5 1Co 6:11

wash Ex 19:14 Ge 35:2 Le 11:25 15:5 Nu 8:7,21 31:24 Zec 3:3,4 Heb 10:22 Re 7:14

11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

the Lord Ex 19:16,18,20 3:8 34:5 Nu 11:17 De 33:2 Ps 18:9 144:5 Isa 64:1,2 Joh 3:13 6:38

12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

set bounds Ex 19:21,23 Jos 3:4

take Ex 10:28 34:12 De 2:4 4:9

or touch Heb 12:20,21

13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

whether Ex 21:28,29 Le 20:15,16

when the trumpet, or cornet Ex 19:16,19 1Co 15:52 1Th 4:16

14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

and sanctified Ex 19:10

15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.

be ready Am 4:12 Mal 3:2 Mt 3:10-12 24:44 2Pe 3:11,12

the third Ex 19:11,16

come not 1Sa 21:4,5 Joe 2:16 Zec 6:3 7:3 12:12-14 1Co 7:5

16 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

thunders Ex 9:23,28,29 20:18 1Sa 12:17,18 Job 37:1-5 38:25 Ps 18:11-14 29:3-11 50:3 77:18 97:4 Heb 12:18,19 Re 4:5 8:5 11:19

thick Ex 19:9 40:34 2Ch 5:14

voice Re 1:10 4:1

all the people Jer 5:22 Heb 12:21

17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

De 4:10 5:5

18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

Mount Sinai Ex 20:18 De 4:11,12 5:22 33:2 Jud 5:5 Ps 68:7,8 104:32 144:5 Ex 19:13 Isa 6:4 Re 15:8

in fire Ex 3:2 24:17 2Ch 7:1-3 2Th 1:8 2Pe 3:10

as the smoke Ge 15:17 19:28 Ps 144:5 Re 15:8

whole 1Ki 19:11,12 Ps 68:8 77:18 114:7 Jer 4:24 Na 1:5,6 Zec 14:5 Mt 24:7 Heb 12:26

19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

and when Ex 19:13,16

Moses Heb 12:21

God Ps 81:7

20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

the Lord came Ex 19:11 Ne 9:13 Ps 81:7

Moses went up Ex 19:3 24:12,13,18 34:2,4 De 9:9

21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

charge. Heb. contest Ex 19:12,13

break Ex 3:3,5 33:20 1Sa 6:19 Ec 5:1 Heb 12:28,29

22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.

the priests Ex 24:5 Le 10:1-3 Isa 52:11

sanctify Ex 19:5,14,15

break 2Sa 6:6-8 1Ch 13:9-11 15:13 2Ch 30:3,15,18,19 Ac 5:5,10 1Co 11:30-32

23 And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.

set bounds Ex 19:12 Jos 3:4,5

24 And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.

and thou Ex 10:29

but let Ex 19:12,21 Mt 11:12 Lu 13:24 16:16 Joh 1:17 Heb 4:16 10:19-22 12:18-25,29

lest Ex 19:22 Ro 4:15 2Co 3:7-9 Ga 3:10,11,19,22

25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.

Ex 19:24