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Prophecy 89, 136, 150;
Exodus 19:1–20:22; Numbers 28:26–31;
Ezekiel 1:1–28; 3:12;
Acts 2:1–47;



Exodus 19:1–20:22

1 In the third month of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, on this day they came to the wilderness of Sinai.
2 And they pulled up stakes from Rephidim and came to the wilderness of Sinai. And they camped in the wilderness. And Israel camped there before the mountain.
3 And Moses went up to Elohim. And YAHUVEH called to him from the mountain, saying, You shall say this to the house of Jacob, and tell it to the sons of Israel.
4 You have seen what I did to Egypt; and I bore you on eagles wings and brought you to Me.
5 And now if listening you will listen to My voice, and will keep My covenant, you shall become a special treasure to Me above all the nations, for all the earth is Mine.
6 And you shall become a kingdom of priests for Me, a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the sons of Israel.
7 And Moses came and called the elders of the people. And he put all these words before them which YAHUVEH commanded him.
8 And all the people answered together and said, All which YAHUVEH has spoken we will do. And Moses brought back the words of the people to YAHUVEH.
9 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, Behold, I come to you in a darkness of clouds, so that the people may hear My speaking with you, and in you they may believe forever. And Moses told the words of the people to YAHUVEH.
10 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow. And let them wash their clothes.
11 And be ready for the third day. For on the third day YAHUVEH will go down before the eyes of all the people on the mountain of Sinai1.
12 And you shall set limits to the people all around, saying, Be careful for yourselves, not going up into the mountain and touching its border; everyone touching the mountain surely shall die.
13 Not a hand shall touch him, but stoning he shall be stoned, or piercing he shall be shot through. He shall not live, whether animal or man. At the long sounding of the horn, they shall go up into the mountain.
14 And Moses went from the mountain to the people. And he sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.
15 And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day. Do not approach a woman.
16 And on the third day, it being morning, it happened: There were thunders and lightnings, and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a ram's horn, very strong! And all the people in the camp trembled.
17 And Moses caused the people to go up from the camp to meet The Elohim. And they took their stand at the lower part of the mountain.
18 And the mountain of Sinai was smoking, all of it, because YAHUVEH came down on it in fire. And its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace; and the mountain quaked exceedingly.
19 And it happened while the sound of the ram's horn was sounding, and becoming very strong, Moses spoke. And The Elohim answered him by a voice.
20 And YAHUVEH came down on the mountain of Sinai, to the top of the mountain; and YAHUVEH called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
21 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, Go down, warn the people lest they break through to see YAHUVEH, and many of them fall.
22 And also the priests, those approaching YAHUVEH, let them sanctify themselves that YAHUVEH not burst forth among them.
23 And Moses said to YAHUVEH, The people are not able to come up to the mountain of Sinai. For You warned us, saying, Set limits to the mountain and sanctify it.
24 And YAHUVEH said to him, Come, go down. And you come up, and Aaron with you. And let not the priests and the people break through to come up to YAHUVEH, lest He burst forth among them.
25 And Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.

Chapter 20


1 And Elohim spoke all these words, saying,
2 I am YAHUVEH your Elohim, who has brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
3 You shall not have any other Elohim before My face.
4 You shall not make a graven image for yourself, or any likeness in the heavens above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth;
5 you shall not bow to them, and you shall not serve them; for I am YAHUVEH your Elohim, a jealous El, visiting the iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third and on the fourth generation, to those that hate Me;
6 and doing kindness to thousands, to those loving Me, and to those keeping My commandments.
7 You shall not take the name of YAHUVEH your Elohim in vain; for YAHUVEH will not leave unpunished the one who takes His name in vain.1
8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy;
9 six days you shall labor and do all your work;
10 and the seventh day is a Sabbath to YAHUVEH your Elohim; you shall not do any work, you, and your son, and your daughter, your male slave and your slave-girl, and your livestock, and your stranger who is in your gates.
11 For in six days YAHUVEH made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all which is in them, and He rested on the seventh day; on account of this YAHUVEH blessed the Sabbath day and sanctified it.
12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long on the land which YAHUVEH your Elohim is giving to you.
13 You shall not murder.
14 You shall not commit adultery.
15 You shall not steal.
16 You shall not testify a witness of falsehood against your neighbor.
17 You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male slave, or his slave-girl, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything which belongs to your neighbor.
18 And all the people saw the thunders, and the lightnings, and the sound of the ram's horn, and the smoking mountain. And the people looked, and they trembled, and they stood from a distance.
19 And they said to Moses, You speak with us, and we will hear. And let us not speak with Elohim that we not die.
20 And Moses said to the people, Do not be afraid, for Elohim has come in order to test you, and so that His fear may be on your faces, that you may not sin.
21 And the people stood from a distance, and Moses went near the thick darkness where Elohim was.
22 And YAHUVEH said to Moses, You shall say this to the sons of Israel, You have seen that I have spoken with you from the heavens.

Numbers 28:26–31


26 And in the day of the first-fruits, as you offer a new food offering to YAHWEH in your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy gathering; you shall do no work of service;
27 and you shall offer a burnt offering for a soothing fragrance to YAHWEH: two bulls, sons of the herd, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year
28 and their food offering, flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts to the one bull, two tenth parts to the one ram,
29 one tenth part to the one lamb, for the seven lambs;
30 one kid of the goats to atone for you.
31 You shall offer them besides the continual burnt offering and its food offering and drink offerings; they shall be ones without blemish for you.