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 him there,  and  said: “Thus  shalt  thou  say  to  the  house  of  Jacob and tell  the  children  of  Israel:  You  have  seen  what  I have  done to the  Egyptians  and  how  I have  carried  you  upon  the  wings of eagles  and  have  taken  you  to  Myself. If, therefore,  you  will hear My  voice  and  keep  My  covenant,  you  shall  be  My  peculiar possession above  all  peoples,  and  you  shall  be  to  Me  a priestly Kingdom and  a holy  Nation.”



Moses went  down  from  the  mountain,  and  related  to  the people what  God  had  said. They all  cried  out  with  one  voice: “All that  the  Lord  hath  spoken  we  will  do.”  Then  Moses  went up again  to  the  mountain,  and  the  Lord  told  him  that  all  the people  should  sanctify  and  purify  themselves  from  all  defilement that might  render  them  unfit  to  appear  in  His  presence,  and  to