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Exodus 19:21-25

21And Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Mosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872,Go downרֵ֖דredH3381,chargeהָעֵ֣דha.'EdH5749the peopleבָּעָ֑םba.'AmH5971,lest they break throughיֶהֶרְס֤וּye.her.SuH2040unto Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068to gazeלִרְא֔וֹתlir.'otH7200,and manyרָֽב׃RavH7227of them perishוְנָפַ֥לve.na.FalH5307.

22And let the priestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֛יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548also, which come nearהַנִּגָּשִׁ֥יםha.ni.ga.ShimH5066to Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,sanctifyיִתְקַדָּ֑שׁוּyit.ka.Da.shuH6942themselves, lest Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068break forthיִפְרֹ֥ץyif.RotzH6555upon them.

23And Mosesמֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehH4872saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,The peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971cannotיוּכַ֣לyu.KhalH3201come upלַעֲלֹ֖תla.'a.LotH5927to mountהַ֣רharH2022Sinaiסִינָ֑יsi.NaiH5514:for thou chargedstהַעֵדֹ֤תָהha.'e.Do.tahH5749us, sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Set boundsהַגְבֵּ֥לhag.BelH1379about the mountהָהָ֖רha.HarH2022,and sanctifyוְקִדַּשְׁתּֽוֹ׃ve.ki.dash.ToH6942it.

24And Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him, AwayH3212,get thee downרֵ֔דRedH3381,and thou shalt come upוְעָלִ֥יתָve.'a.Li.taH5927,thou, and Aaronוְאַהֲרֹ֣ןve.'a.ha.RonH175with thee: but let not the priestsוְהַכֹּהֲנִ֣יםve.ha.ko.ha.NimH3548and the peopleוְהָעָ֗םve.ha.'AmH5971break throughיֶֽהֶרְס֛וּye.her.SuH2040to come upלַעֲלֹ֥תla.'a.LotH5927unto Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,lest he break forthיִפְרָץ־yif.rotz-H6555upon them.

25So Mosesמֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872went downוַיֵּ֥רֶדvai.Ye.redH3381unto the peopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971,and spakeוַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them.

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