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Exodus 19:5-8

5Now therefore, if ye will obeyשָׁמ֤וֹעַsha.Mo.a'H8085my voiceבְּקֹלִ֔יbe.ko.LiH6963indeedתִּשְׁמְעוּ֙tish.me.'UH8085,and keepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖םu.she.mar.TemH8104my covenantבְּרִיתִ֑יbe.ri.TiH1285,then ye shall be a peculiar treasureסְגֻלָּה֙se.gu.LahH5459unto me above all peopleהָ֣עַמִּ֔יםha.'a.MimH5971:for all the earthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776is mine:

6And ye shall be unto me a kingdomמַמְלֶ֥כֶתmam.Le.khetH4467of priestsכֹּהֲנִ֖יםko.ha.NimH3548,and an holyקָד֑וֹשׁka.Do.oshH6918nationוְג֣וֹיve.GoyH1471. These arethe wordsהַדְּבָרִ֔יםha.de.va.RimH1697which thou shalt speakתְּדַבֵּ֖רte.da.BerH1696unto the childrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

7And Mosesמֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehH4872cameוַיָּבֹ֣אvai.ya.Vo'H935and calledוַיִּקְרָ֖אvai.yik.Ra'H7121for the eldersלְזִקְנֵ֣יle.zik.NeiH2205of the peopleהָעָ֑םha.'AmH5971,and laidוַיָּ֣שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760before their facesלִפְנֵיהֶ֗םlif.nei.HemH6440all these wordsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697which Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068commandedצִוָּ֖הוּtzi.Va.huH6680him.

8And all the peopleהָעָ֤םha.'AmH5971answeredוַיַּעֲנ֨וּvai.ya.'a.NuH6030togetherיַחְדָּו֙yach.DavH3162,and saidוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559,all that Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hath spokenדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696we will doנַעֲשֶׂ֑הna.'a.SehH6213.And Mosesמֹשֶׁ֛הmo.ShehH4872returnedוַיָּ֧שֶׁבvai.Ya.shevH7725the wordsדִּבְרֵ֥יdiv.ReiH1697of the peopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971unto Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

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