18:24. And when Moses heard this, he did all things that he had suggested unto him. 18:25. And choosing able men out of all Israel, he appointed them rulers of the people, rulers over thousands, and over hundreds, and over fifties, and over tens. 18:26. And they judged the people at all times: and whatsoever was of greater difficulty they referred to him, and they judged the easier cases only. 18:27. And he let his kinsman depart: and he returned and went into his own country. Exodus Chapter 19 They come to Sinai: the people are commanded to be sanctified. The Lord, coming in thunder and lightning, speaketh with Moses. 19:1. In the third month of the departure of Israel out of the land of Egypt, on this day they came into the wilderness of Sinai: 19:2. For departing out of Raphidim, and coming to the desert of Sinai, they camped in the same place, and there Israel pitched their tents over against the mountain. 19:3. And Moses went up to God; and the Lord called unto him from the mountain, and said: Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: And Moses went up to God... Moses went up to mount Sinai, where God spoke to him. 19:4. You have seen what I have done to the Egyptians, how I have carried you upon the wings of eagles, and have taken you to myself. 19:5. If therefore you will hear my voice, and keep my covenant, you shall be my peculiar possession above all people: for all the earth is mine. 19:6. And you shall be to me a priestly kingdom, and a holy nation. These are the words thou shalt speak to the children of Israel. 19:7. Moses came; and calling together the elders of the people, he declared all the words which the Lord had commanded. 19:8. And all the people answered together: All that the Lord hath spoken, we will do. And when Moses had related the people's words to the Lord, 19:9. The Lord said to him: Lo, now will I come to thee in the darkness of a cloud, that the people may hear me speaking to thee, and may believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people to the Lord. 19:10. And he said to him: Go to the people, and sanctify them to day, and to morrow, and let them wash their garments. 19:11. And let them be ready against the third day; for on the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people, upon Mount Sinai. 19:12. And thou shalt appoint certain limits to the people round about, and thou shalt say to them: Take heed ye go not up into the mount, and that ye touch not the borders thereof: every one that toucheth the mount, dying he shall die. 19:13. No hands shall touch him, but he shall be stoned to death, or he shall be shot through with arrows: whether it be beast, or man, he shall not live. When the trumpet shall begin to sound, then let them go up into the mount. 19:14. And Moses came down from the mount to the people, and sanctified them. And when they had washed thelr garments,