Daily Discovery Bible Study

1 Two months to the day after they left Egypt, the Israelites arrived at the Sinai desert.2 They had set out from Rephidim, and after they entered the Sinai desert they camped there in front of the mountain.

3 Moses went up the mountain to God. The Lord spoke to Moses from the mountain, and told him, “This is what you are to say to the descendants of Jacob, the Israelites:4 ‘You saw for yourselves what I did to the Egyptians, and how I carried you on eagles' wings, how I brought you to myself.5 Now if you really obey what I say and keep the agreement with me, then out of all the nations you will be a special people that belong to me. While the whole world is mine,6 for me you will be a kingdom of priests, a holy nation.’ This is what you are to tell the Israelites.”

7 So Moses went back down and summoned the elders of the people, and presented to them everything the Lord had ordered him to say.8 Everyone answered, “We promise to do everything the Lord says.” Then Moses took the people's answer back to the Lord.

9 The Lord told Moses, “Look! I'm going to come to you in a thick cloud so the people will hear me speaking with you and as a result they will always trust you.” Then Moses reported to the Lord what the people had said.

Exodus 19: 1-9