And Moses went up to God, and Jehovah called to him from the mountain, saying, Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:

Now therefore, if you will listen to obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.

And Moses came and summoned the elders of the people, and laid before them all these words which Jehovah had commanded him.

And Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, I am coming to you in the thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever. And Moses reported the words of the people unto Jehovah.

And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day Jehovah will come down upon Mount Sinai in the eyes of all the people.

Not a hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned with stones or shot with an arrow; whether man or beast, he shall not live. When the ram's horn sounds long, they shall go up to the mountain.

And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day; do not approach your wives.

And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the lower part of the mountain.

And they said unto Moses, You speak with us, and we will listen; but let not God speak with us, that we not die.

And Moses said to the people, Do not fear; for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, that you not sin.

They gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, You take too much upon yourselves, for all the congregation is holy, every one of them, and Jehovah is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of Jehovah?

and he spoke to Korah and all his company, saying, Tomorrow morning Jehovah will show who is His and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to Him. The one whom He chooses He will cause to come near to Him.

put fire in them and put incense in them before Jehovah tomorrow, and it shall be that the man whom Jehovah chooses is the holy one. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!

Is it a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the work of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the congregation to serve them;

Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against Jehovah. And what is Aaron that you grumble against him?

Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you rule to lord it over us?

And Moses was very angry, and said to Jehovah, Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, nor have I done evil to any of them.

Each one take his censer and put incense in it, and each of you bring his censer before Jehovah, two hundred and fifty censers; you and Aaron, each with his censer.

And Korah gathered all the congregation against them at the door of the tent of meeting. And the glory of Jehovah appeared to all the congregation.

Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

And Moses arose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.

So they got away from around the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the door of their tents, with their wives, their sons, and their little children.

If these men die the death of all men, or if they are visited according to the visitation of all men, then Jehovah has not sent me.

And it came to pass, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground split apart under them,

So they and all those with them went down alive into Sheol; the earth covered over them, and they perished from among the assembly.

And a fire came forth from Jehovah and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering incense.

And when forty years had passed, the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai.

This Moses whom they rejected, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? is the one God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush.

of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers.

In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them; in His love and in His pity He redeemed them; and He bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

What purpose then does the Law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator.

For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense,

Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them:

If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he was the husband of a wife, then his wife shall go out with him.

But if the servant answers to say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,

And if a man sells his daughter to be a female slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves go out.

And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the manner of daughters.

And if he does not do these three for her, then she shall go out free, without money.

You go near and hear all that Jehovah our God shall say, and you speak to us all that Jehovah our God shall speak to you; and we will hear and do it.

Oh, that this heart of theirs would be fully yielded, to fear Me and to keep all My commandments at all times, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!

But as for you, stand here by Me, and I will speak to you all the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I am giving them to possess.

Now these are the commandments, the statutes and judgments which Jehovah your God has commanded to teach you, to do them in the land which you are crossing over to possess,

Therefore hear, O Israel, and take heed to do it, that it may be well with you, and that you may multiply greatly as Jehovah the God of your fathers has promised you; a land flowing with milk and honey.

Moses has commanded a Law for us, a heritage for the congregation of Jacob.

You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from the heavens, and gave them just ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments.

You made known to them Your holy Sabbath, and commanded them precepts, statutes and Laws, by the hand of Your servant Moses.

For the Law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

I call Heaven and earth to bear witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that both you and your seed may live;

to love Jehovah your God, to obey His voice, and to cleave unto Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; to dwell in the land which Jehovah has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give it to them.

and He said to them: Set your hearts on all the words which I am testifying against you today, that you command your children to take heed to do all the Words of this Law.

For these are not empty words to you, for it is your life; and by this Word you shall prolong your days in the land where you are crossing over the Jordan to possess.

For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a Law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should declare them to their children;

that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of the Mighty God, but keep His commandments;

The sons of Ephraim, being armed to shoot with their bows, turned back in the day of battle.

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh does not profit; not a thing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.

Much in every way: chiefly because they were entrusted with the Words of God.

who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law, the service of God, and the promises;

But the righteousness of faith speaks in this manner, Do not say in your heart, Who will ascend into Heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down)

But what does it say? The Word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart (that is, the Word of Faith which we preach):

For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the rudimentary principles of the Words of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.

If anyone speaks, let him speak as the words of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and might forever and ever. Amen.