The Byble in Englyshe that is to saye, the content of all the holye scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe Testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the diligent studye of dyuers excellent lerned [men e]xperte in the fore[saide] tongues.

CAPI. XIX.

¶ The chyldren of Israell come to the mount Smay.

The people of god ate holy, and a royall preesthod. He that toucheth the hyll dyeth. God appeareth vnto Moses vpon the mounte in thondre, and lyghtnynge

IN the thyrde moneth / when the chyldren [unspec A] of Israell were goone out of the lande of Egypte, the same day came they in to the wyldernes of Smay. * 1.1 For they were depar∣ted from Raphidim, and were come to the de¦serte of Smay, and had pytched theyr tentes in the wyldernes. And there Israel abode be∣fore the mount. * 1.2 But Moses went vp vnto God. And the Lorde called to hym out of the mountayne / saynge: Thus shalt thou saye vnto the house of Iacob, and tell the chyldrē of Israel: ye haue sene what I dyd vnto the Egyptyans, and toke you vp vpon Egles wyngs, and haue brought you vnto my selfe. Nowe therfore * 1.3 yf ye wyll heare my voyce in dede, and kepe myne appoyntment: ye shal be myne owne, aboue all nacyons, for all the earth is myne. Ye shalbe vnto me also a kyng¦dome of * 1.4 preestes and an holy people: And these are the wordes whiche thou shalte saye vnto the chyldren of Israel.

Moses came and called for the elders of the [unspec B] people, and layde before theyr faces all these wordes whiche the Lorde cōmaunded hym. And the people answered all togyther, & sayd. * 1.5 All that the Lorde hath sayde, we wyll do. And Moses brought the wordes of the peple vnto the Lorde. And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses. To, I come vnto the in the thycke clowe, that the people may here me talkyng with the, & byleue the for euer. Moses shewed the wordes of the people vnto the Lorde.

And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses. Go vnto the people, and ☞ sanctifie them to daye and to morowe, & let them wasshe theyr clothes: and be redy agaynst the thyrde daye.

For the thyrde daye the Lorde wyll come downe in the syghte of all the people vpon mount Smay. And thou shalt set markes rounde aboute the people and saye: beware, that ye go not vp in to the mounte, or touche the bordre of it. Who so euer toucheth the * 1.6 mount shall surely dye. There shall not an hande touche it. Els he shalbe stoned or shot thorowe: whyther it be beast or man, it shall not lyue: When the trompe bloweth longe: then may they come vp into the mountayne.

And Moses went downe from the mount [unspec C] vnto the people, and sanctified them, & they wasshed theyr clothes. And he sayde vnto the people: Be redy agaynst the thyrde day, and ☞ come not at your wyues.

And the thyrde daye in the mornynge there

was thonder, and lyghtnynge, and a thycke clowde vpon the mount, and the voyce of the trompe excedyng lowde, so that al the people that was in the hoost was afrayde. And Mo¦ses broughte the people out of the tentes to mete with god, & they * 1.7 stode vnder the hyll.

And mounte Synay was all togyther on a smoke: bycause the Lorde descended downe vpon it in fyre. And the smoke therof ascen∣ded vp, as the smoke of a chymney, and al the mount was excedyng fearfull. And when the voyce of the trompe blewe, & waxed lowder and lowder. Moses spake, and God answe∣red hym by a voyce. And the Lorde came [unspec D] downe vpon mounte Synay, euen in the top of the hyll, and when the lorde called Moses vp into the top of the hyll, Moses went vp.

And the lorde sayd vnto Moses: go downe charge the people, that they prease not vp to se the Lorde, and so many of them perysshe. And let the preestes also whiche come to the lorde sanctifie them selues, lest the Lorde de∣stroy them. And Moses sayd vnto the lorde: the people can not come vp in to the mounte Synay, for thou chargedst vs, sayeng: Set markes aboute the hyll, and sanctifie it. And the lorde sayd vnto hym: awaye, and get the downe: & thou shalte come vp, thou & Aaron with the. But let not the Preestes and the people presume for to come vp vnto the lord, leest he destroye them. And so Moses wente downe vnto the people, and tolde them.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Nume. 38. c
• * 1.2

  Exod. 24. a
• * 1.3

  Deute. 13. d
• * 1.4

  S. Peter. 2. b
• * 1.5

  Exod. 24. a Deut. v. d. and. xxvi. d.
• * 1.6

  Hebre. xii. ••
• * 1.7

  Deute. 4. d.