14. Then Moses came down the mountain and told the people to get ready for worship. So they washed their clothes,
15. and Moses said to them, “Be ready by the day after tomorrow and don't have sexual intercourse in the meantime.”
16. On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud appeared on the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast was heard. All the people in the camp trembled with fear.
17. Moses led them out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
18. The whole of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord had come down on it in fire. The smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and all the people trembled violently.