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Exod 19:1 In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

wayyisə‘û mērəp̱îḏîm wayyāḇō’û miḏəbar sînay wayyaḥănû bammiḏəbār wayyiḥan-šām yiśərā’ēl neg̱eḏ hāhār

Exod 19:2 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.

ûmōšeh ‘ālāh ’el-hā’ĕlōhîm wayyiqərā’ ’ēlāyw yəhwāh min-hāhār lē’mōr kōh ṯō’mar ləḇêṯ ya‘ăqōḇ wəṯaggêḏ liḇənê yiśərā’ēl

Exod 19:3 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;

’attem rə’îṯem ’ăšer ‘āśîṯî ləmiṣərāyim wā’eśśā’ ’eṯəḵem ‘al-kanəp̱ê nəšārîm wā’āḇi’ ’eṯəḵem ’ēlāy

Exod 19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.

wə‘attāh ’im-šāmôa‘ tišəmə‘û bəqōlî ûšəmarətem ’eṯ-bərîṯî wihəyîṯem lî səg̱ullāh mikkāl-hā‘ammîm kî-lî kāl-hā’āreṣ

Exod 19:5 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:

wə’attem tihəyû-lî maməleḵeṯ kōhănîm wəg̱ôy qāḏôš ’ēlleh haddəḇārîm ’ăšer təḏabbēr ’el-bənê yiśərā’ēl

Exod 19:6 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.

wayyāḇō’ mōšeh wayyiqərā’ ləziqənê hā‘ām wayyāśem lip̱ənêhem ’ēṯ kāl-haddəḇārîm hā’ēlleh ’ăšer ṣiwwāhû yəhwāh

Exod 19:7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.

wayya‘ănû ḵāl-hā‘ām yaḥədāw wayyō’mərû kōl ’ăšer-dibber yəhwāh na‘ăśeh wayyāšeḇ mōšeh ’eṯ-diḇərê hā‘ām ’el-yəhwāh

Exod 19:8 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.

wayyō’mer yəhwāh ’el-mōšeh hinnēh ’ānōḵî bā’ ’ēleyḵā bə‘aḇ he‘ānān ba‘ăḇûr yišəma‘ hā‘ām bəḏabbərî ‘immāḵ wəg̱am-bəḵā ya’ămînû lə‘ôlām wayyaggēḏ mōšeh ’eṯ-diḇərê hā‘ām ’el-yəhwāh

Exod 19:9 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.

wayyō’mer yəhwāh ’el-mōšeh lēḵ ’el-hā‘ām wəqiddašətām hayyôm ûmāḥār wəḵibbəsû śiməlōṯām

Exod 19:10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,

wəhāyû nəḵōnîm layyôm haššəlîšî kî bayyôm haššəlîšî yērēḏ yəhwāh lə‘ênê ḵāl-hā‘ām ‘al-har sînāy

Exod 19:11 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.

wəhig̱əbalətā ’eṯ-hā‘ām sāḇîḇ lē’mōr hiššāmərû lāḵem ‘ălôṯ bāhār ûnəg̱ōa‘ bəqāṣēhû kāl-hannōg̱ēa‘ bāhār môṯ yûmāṯ

Exod 19:12 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:

lō’-ṯigga‘ bô yāḏ kî-sāqôl yissāqēl ’ô-yārōh yiyyāreh ’im-bəhēmāh ’im-’îš lō’ yiḥəyeh biməšōḵ hayyōḇēl hēmmāh ya‘ălû ḇāhār

Exod 19:13 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.

wayyēreḏ mōšeh min-hāhār ’el-hā‘ām wayəqaddēš ’eṯ-hā‘ām wayəḵabbəsû śiməlōṯām

Exod 19:14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

wayyō’mer ’el-hā‘ām hĕyû nəḵōnîm lišəlōšeṯ yāmîm ’al-tiggəšû ’el-’iššāh

Exod 19:15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.

wayəhî ḇayyôm haššəlîšî bihəyōṯ habbōqer wayəhî qōlōṯ ûḇərāqîm wə‘ānān kāḇēḏ ‘al-hāhār wəqōl šōp̱ār ḥāzāq mə’ōḏ wayyeḥĕraḏ kāl-hā‘ām ’ăšer bammaḥăneh

Exod 19:16 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.

wayyôṣē’ mōšeh ’eṯ-hā‘ām liqəra’ṯ hā’ĕlōhîm min-hammaḥăneh wayyiṯəyaṣṣəḇû bəṯaḥətîṯ hāhār

Exod 19:17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

wəhar sînay ‘āšan kullô mippənê ’ăšer yāraḏ ‘ālāyw yəhwāh bā’ēš wayya‘al ‘ăšānô kə‘ešen hakkiḇəšān wayyeḥĕraḏ kāl-hāhār mə’ōḏ

Exod 19:18 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.

wayəhî qôl haššôp̱ār hôlēḵ wəḥāzēq mə’ōḏ mōšeh yəḏabbēr wəhā’ĕlōhîm ya‘ănennû ḇəqôl

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

wayyēreḏ yəhwāh ‘al-har sînay ’el-rō’š hāhār wayyiqərā’ yəhwāh ləmōšeh ’el-rō’š hāhār wayya‘al mōšeh

Exod 19:20 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.

wayyō’mer yəhwāh ’el-mōšeh rēḏ hā‘ēḏ bā‘ām pen-yeherəsû ’el-yəhwāh lirə’ôṯ wənāp̱al mimmennû rāḇ

Exod 19:21 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.

wəg̱am hakkōhănîm hanniggāšîm ’el-yəhwāh yiṯəqaddāšû pen-yip̱ərōṣ bāhem yəhwāh

Exod 19:22 And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.

wayyō’mer mōšeh ’el-yəhwāh lō’-yûḵal hā‘ām la‘ălōṯ ’el-har sînāy kî-’attāh ha‘ēḏōṯāh bānû lē’mōr hag̱əbēl ’eṯ-hāhār wəqiddašətô

Exod 19:23 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.

wayyō’mer ’ēlāyw yəhwāh leḵ-rēḏ wə‘ālîṯā ’attāh wə’ahărōn ‘immāḵ wəhakkōhănîm wəhā‘ām ’al-yeherəsû la‘ălōṯ ’el-yəhwāh pen-yip̱ərāṣ-bām

Exod 19:24 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.

wayyēreḏ mōšeh ’el-hā‘ām wayyō’mer ’ălēhem

Exod 19:25 So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.

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