Exodus 19:18-22
Exodus 19:18
Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the entire mountain quaked violently.
Exodus 19:19
When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him with thunder.
Exodus 19:20
Then the Lord came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain; and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
Exodus 19:21
Then the Lord spoke to Moses: “Go down, warn the people, so that they do not break through to the Lord to stare, and many of them perish.
Exodus 19:22
Also have the priests who approach the Lord consecrate themselves, or else the Lord will break out against them.”