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:
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.
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:
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.
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.
6. And you shall be to me a priestly kingdom, and a holy nation. Those are the words thou shalt speak to the children of Israel.
7. Moses came, and calling together the elders of the people, he declared all the words which the Lord had commanded.