Exodus 19

Israel at Mount Sinai

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Ex 19:1Mēnse tertiō ēgressiōnis Isrāël dē terrā Aegyptī, in diē hāc vēnērunt in sōlitūdinem Sinai.In the third month of the going out of Israel from the land of Egypt, on this day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. Ex 19:2Nam profectī dē Raphidim, et pervenientēs ūsque in dēsertum Sinai, castrametātī sunt in eōdem locō, ibique Isrāël fīxit tentōria ē regiōne montis.For having set out from Rephidim, and arriving as far as the desert of Sinai, they encamped in the same place, and there Israel pitched its tents opposite the mountain. Ex 19:3Mōysēs autem ascendit ad Deum: vocāvitque eum Dominus dē monte, et ait: Haec dīcēs domuī Jacob, et annūntiābis fīliīs Isrāël: Vōs ipsī vīdistis quae fēcerim Aegyptiīs, quōmodo portāverim vōs super alās aquilārum, et assūmpserim mihi.But Moses went up to God: and the Lord called him from the mountain, and said: "These things you will say to the house of Jacob, and you will announce to the sons of Israel: 'You yourselves have seen what I have done to the Egyptians, how I have carried you upon the wings of eagles, and have taken you to myself.

Ex 19:5Sī ergō audieritis vōcem meam, et custōdieritis pactum meum, eritis mihi in pecūlium dē cūnctīs populīs: mea est enim omnis terra: et vōs eritis mihi in regnum sacerdōtāle, et gēns sāncta.If therefore you hear my voice, and keep my covenant, you will be to me a special possession out of all peoples: for all the earth is mine: and you will be to me a priestly kingdom, and a holy nation.' Ex 19:6Haec sunt verba quae loquēris ad fīliōs Isrāël.These are the words which you will speak to the sons of Israel." Ex 19:7Vēnit Mōysēs: et convocātīs mājōribus nātū populī, exposuit omnēs sermōnēs quōs mandāverat Dominus.Moses came: and, the elders of the people having been called together, he set out all the words which the Lord had commanded. Ex 19:8Responditque omnis populus simul: Cūncta quae locūtus est Dominus, faciēmus.And all the people answered together: "All the things which the Lord has spoken, we will do." Ex 19:8Cumque retulisset Mōysēs verba populī ad Dominum, ait eī Dominus: Jam nunc veniam ad tē in cālīgine nūbis, ut audiat mē populus loquentem ad tē, et crēdat tibi in perpetuum.And when Moses had reported the words of the people to the Lord, the Lord said to him: "Right now I will come to you in the darkness of a cloud, so that the people may hear me speaking to you, and may believe you for ever."

Ex 19:9Nūntiāvit ergō Mōysēs verba populī ad Dominum.So Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord. Ex 19:10Quī dīxit eī: Vāde ad populum, et sānctificā illōs hodiē, et crās, laventque vestīmenta sua.And he said to him: "Go to the people, and sanctify them today, and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments. Ex 19:11Et sint parātī in diem tertium: in diē enim tertiā dēscendet Dominus cōram omnī plēbe super montem Sinai.And let them be ready for the third day: for on the third day the Lord will come down before all the common people upon Mount Sinai. Ex 19:12Cōnstituēsque terminōs populō per circuitum, et dīcēs ad eōs: Cavēte nē ascendātis in montem, nec tangātis fīnēs illīus: omnis quī tetigerit montem, morte moriētur.And you will set bounds for the people round about, and you will say to them: 'Beware that you do not go up onto the mountain, nor touch its borders: everyone who touches the mountain will die by death. Ex 19:13Manus nōn tanget eum, sed lapidibus opprimētur, aut cōnfodiētur jaculīs: sīve jūmentum fuerit, sīve homō, nōn vīvet: cum coeperit clangere buccina, tunc ascendant in montem.A hand will not touch him, but he will be crushed with stones, or pierced through with darts: whether it is a beast, or a man, he will not live: when the trumpet begins to sound, then let them go up onto the mountain.'"

Ex 19:14Dēscenditque Mōysēs dē monte ad populum, et sānctificāvit eum.And Moses came down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified it. Ex 19:14Cumque lāvissent vestīmenta sua, ait ad eōs: Estōte parātī in diem tertium, et nē appropinquētis uxōribus vestrīs.And when they had washed their garments, he said to them: "Be ready for the third day, and do not come near your wives." Ex 19:16Jamque advēnerat tertius diēs, et māne inclāruerat: et ecce coepērunt audīrī tonitrua, ac micāre fulgura, et nūbēs dēnsissima operīre montem, clangorque buccinae vehementius perstrepēbat: et timuit populus quī erat in castrīs.And already the third day had come, and the morning had grown bright: and look, thunders began to be heard, and lightnings to flash, and a very thick cloud to cover the mountain, and the blast of the trumpet was sounding more violently: and the people which was in the camp was afraid. Ex 19:17Cumque ēdūxisset eōs Mōysēs in occursum Deī dē locō castrōrum, stetērunt ad rādīcēs montis.And when Moses had led them out to meet God from the place of the camp, they stood at the foot of the mountain.

Ex 19:18Tōtus autem mōns Sinai fūmābat, eō quod dēscendisset Dominus super eum in igne: et ascenderet fūmus ex eō quasi dē fornāce, eratque omnis mōns terribilis.And all Mount Sinai was smoking, because the Lord had come down upon it in fire: and the smoke was going up from it as from a furnace, and all the mountain was terrible. Ex 19:19Et sonitus buccinae paulātim crēscēbat in mājus, et prōlixius tendēbātur: Mōysēs loquēbātur, et Deus respondēbat eī.And the sound of the trumpet was little by little growing greater, and was being drawn out longer: Moses was speaking, and God was answering him. Ex 19:20Dēscenditque Dominus super montem Sinai in ipsō montis vertice, et vocāvit Moysēn in cacūmen ejus.And the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai, on the very top of the mountain, and called Moses to its summit. Ex 19:20Quō cum ascendisset, dīxit ad eum: Dēscende, et contestāre populum: nē forte velit trānscendere terminōs ad videndum Dominum, et pereat ex eīs plūrima multitūdō.And when he had gone up there, he said to him: "Go down, and charge the people: lest perhaps it wish to pass beyond the bounds to see the Lord, and a very great multitude of them perish.

Ex 19:22Sacerdōtēs quoque quī accēdunt ad Dominum, sānctificentur, nē percutiat eōs.The priests also who come near to the Lord, let them be sanctified, lest he strike them." Ex 19:23Dīxitque Mōysēs ad Dominum: Nōn poterit vulgus ascendere in montem Sinai: tū enim testificātus es, et jussistī, dīcēns: Pōne terminōs circā montem, et sānctificā illum.And Moses said to the Lord: "The common folk will not be able to go up onto Mount Sinai: for you have testified, and ordered, saying: 'Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify it.'" Ex 19:24Cui ait Dominus: Vāde, dēscende: ascendēsque tū, et Aarōn tēcum: sacerdōtēs autem et populus nē trānseant terminōs, nec ascendant ad Dominum, nē forte interficiat illōs.To him the Lord said: "Go, go down: and you will come up, and Aaron with you: but let the priests and the people not pass the bounds, nor go up to the Lord, lest perhaps he kill them." Ex 19:25Dēscenditque Mōysēs ad populum, et omnia narrāvit eīs.And Moses went down to the people, and told them everything.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (186 words)

mēnsis, -is m.	month
tertius, -a, -um	third
ēgressiō, -ōnis f.	going out, departure
dē, prep, with abl.	down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
terra, -ae, f.	land, earth
in, prep. with acc. and abl.	with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
diēs, -ēī, m. and f.	day
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.	this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus	come
sōlitūdō, -inis f.	loneliness; a wilderness, desert
nam, conj.	for
proficīscor, -ficīscī, -fectus sum	set out, depart, march
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
perveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus	come through, come, arrive, reach
ūsque, adv.	all the time; ūsque ad, as far as, until; quō ūsque, see quō
dēsertum, -ī n.	desert, wilderness
castrametor, -ārī, -ātus sum	pitch camp, encamp
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	be
īdem, eadem, idem, dem. pron.	the same; sometimes to be translated likewise, also
locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n.	place, situation
ibi, adv.	in that place, there
que, enclitic conj.	and
fīgō, fīgere, fīxī, fīxus	fix, fasten, plant firmly
tentōrium, -ī n.	tent
ex, ē (prep. + abl.)	out of, from; of (ē only before consonants)
regiō, -ōnis, f.	direction; country, region
mōns, montis, m.	mountain
autem, conj.	moreover; but, however; now
ascendō, -scendere, -scendī, -scēnsus	climb to, ascend, mount
ad, prep. with acc.	to, toward; at, near; for
deus, -ī, m.	god
vocō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	call, summon
is, ea, id, dem. pron.	this, that; he, she, it, they
dominus, -ī m.	master, owner
āiō (defective)	say, affirm; ut aiunt: as they say
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus	say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
domus, -ūs, f.	house, home
annūntiō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	announce, report, tell
fīlius, -ī, m.	son
vōs	plur. of tū
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron.	self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus	see; pass., seem
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
faciō, facere, fēcī, factus	make, do; iter facere, see iter
quōmodo (adv.)	how; in what way
portō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	carry
super (prep. + acc. or abl.; also adv.)	over, above, on top of; upon; about, concerning
ala, -ae, f.	wing
aquila, -ae f.	eagle; the eagle standard of a legion
assūmō, -ere, -sūmpsī, -sūmptus	take up, receive; take to oneself
ego, meī, pers. pron.	I
sī, conj.	if
ergō (adv.)	therefore, then; quid ergō? what then?
audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus	hear; listen or attend to
vōx, vōcis, f.	voice; word
meus, -a, -um	my, mine
custōdiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus	guard
pactum, -ī n.	agreement; quō pactō: in what way, how
pecūlium, -ī n.	private savings of a slave or son; one's own property; special possession
cūnctus, -a, -um	all, the whole
populus, -ī m.	people, nation
enim, conj.	for
omnis, -e	all, every
regnum, -ī, n.	royal power, rule, throne; kingdom, realm
sacerdōtālis, -e	priestly, of priests
gēns, gentis, f.	race, nation
sānctus, -a, -um	consecrated, sacred
verbum, -ī, n.	word
loquor, loquī, locūtus	speak
convocō, -vocāre, -vocāvī, -vocātus	call together, summon, assemble
magnus, -a, -um	large, big, great, mighty; loud
nātū (abl. only)	by birth (maiōrēs nātū: the elders)
expōnō, -pōnere, -posuī, -positus	put out, set forth; put on shore, land; explain
sermō, -ōnis, m.	conversation, talk, speech
mandō, -dāre, -dāvī, -dātus	put in hand, intrust, commit; charge, command
respondeō, -spondēre, -spondī, -spōnsus	reply, answer
simul, adv.	at the same time; simul atque or ac, as soon as
cum, conj.	when, while, after; since; although
referō, referre, rettulī, relātus	bring or carry back, return; pedem referre, to draw back, retire, retreat; grātiam referre, see grātia
iam, adv.	now, already
nunc, adv.	now
tū, tuī, pers. pron.	thou, you
cālīgō, -inis f.	mist, fog; darkness, gloom
nūbēs, -is, f.	cloud
ut, conj.	as; when; that; ita ut, as
crēdō, -dere, -didī, -ditus	believe
perpetuus, -a, -um	continuous, perpetual; in perpetuum, for all time, forever
nūntiō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	report, announce
vādō, -ere	go
sānctificō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	make holy, set apart as holy
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.	that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
hodiē (adv.)	today
crās, adv.	tomorrow
lavō, -āre, lāvī, lautus	wash; passive: bathe
vestīmentum, -ī n.	garment, clothing
suus, -a, -um	his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
parātus, -a, -um	prepared, equipped, ready
dēscendō, -scendere, -scendī, -scēnsus	climb down, descend
cōram (adv.)	face to face, in person
plēbs, plēbis f.	the common people
cōnstituō, -stituere, -stituī, -stitūtus	set together or up; appoint; determine
terminus, -ī m.	boundary, limit
per, prep, with ace.	through, by means of
circuitus, -ūs m.	way around, circuit
caveō, cavēre, cāvī, cautus	beware, take care; be on one's guard against, beware of
nē, adv.	not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest
neque or nec, conj.	and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
tangō, tangere, tetigī, tāctus	touch
fīnis, -is, m.	end, boundary; plur., borders, territory, country
mors, mortīs, f.	death
morior, morī, mortuus	die
manus, -ūs, f.	hand
nōn, adv.	not
sed, conj.	but
lapis, -idis, m.	stone
opprimō, -primere, -pressī, -pressus	press against, overpower, crush
aut, conj.	or; aut ... aut, either ... or
cōnfodiō, -ere, -fōdī, -fossus	stab, run through
iaculum, -ī n.	javelin, dart
sīve or seu, conj.	or if; sīve ... sīve, whether ... or
iūmentum, -ī n.	pack animal, beast of burden
homō, hominis, m.	man
vīvō, vīvere, vīxī, vīctus	live
coepī, coepisse, coeptus (used in tenses of completed action)	have begun, began
clangō, -ere	sound, blare (of a trumpet); clang
būcina, -ae f.	curved horn, trumpet
tunc (adv.)	then, at that time
appropinquō, -propinquāre, -propinquāvī, -propinquātus	approach to, approach
uxor, -ōris, f.	wife
vester, -tra, -trum	your
adveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus	come to or toward, approach, arrive
māne, adv.	in the morning, early in the morning
inclārēscō, -ere, -clāruī	become famous; grow bright
ecce (interj.)	look! see! here is
tonitruum, -ī n.	thunder, a clap of thunder
atque, ac (conj.)	and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
micō, -āre, -uī	flash, glitter
fulgur, -uris n.	lightning, flash of lightning
dēnsus, -a, -um	thick
operiō, -īre, -uī, -ertus	cover
clangor, -ōris m.	loud cry, screech; blare
vehementer, adv.	violently, vehemently; earnestly; exceedingly, greatly
perstrepō, -ere, -strepuī	resound, make a loud noise
timeō, -ēre, -uī	fear
castra, -ōrum, n. plur.	camp
ēdūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductus	lead out, draw
occursus, -ūs m.	meeting; in occursum: to meet
stō, stāre, stetī, status	stand
rādīx, -īcis f.	root; (of a hill) foot
tōtus, -a, -um	all the, the whole or entire
fūmō, -āre	smoke, give off smoke
eō (adv.)	to that place, thither; to that point (usque eō); (with comparatives) by so much, all the (more)
quod, conj.	that, in that, because
ignis, -is, m.	fire
fūmus, -ī, m.	smoke
quasi, conj.	as if
fornāx, -ācis f.	furnace, kiln, oven
terribilis, -e	dreadful, terrible
sonitus, -ūs, m.	sound, noise
paulātim (adv.)	little by little, gradually
crēscō, -ere, crēvī, crētum	grow, rise (in power)
prōlixē (adv.)	at length, freely; (comp.) prōlixius: more earnestly, longer
tendō, -ere, tetendī, tentum	stretch out; hold out
vertex, -icis m.	top of the head, crown; summit
cacūmen, -minis n.	top, tip, point
quō, adv.	to what place? whither? to which place, whither; for which reason, wherefore, therefore; quō ūsque, till when? how long?
contestor, -ārī, -ātus sum	call to witness, solemnly declare; warn solemnly
forte, adv.	by chance, accidentally
volō, velle, voluī	wish
trānscendō, -ere, -scendī, -scēnsum	climb over, board
pereō, -īre, -ii, -itūrus	pass away, perish
multus, -a, -um	much, great; plur., many
multitūdō, -tūdinis, f.	multitude
sacerdōs, -dōtis, m. and f.	priest, priestess
quoque, adv.	also
accēdō, -ere, accessī, accessum	come near, approach; be added
percutiō, -cutere, -cussī, -cussus	strike through, strike
possum, posse, potuī	be able, have power, can
vulgus, -ī n.	the common people, the crowd
testificor, -ārī, -ātus sum	bear witness, testify; solemnly declare
iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussus	bid, order, command
pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positus	place, put; pōnī with in and abl., to be placed in, rest or depend on
circā (adv. and prep. + acc.)	around, about
trānseō, -īre, -iī, -itus	go across or over, cross
interficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus	put out of the way, kill
narrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	tell, relate, narrate

Vulgate, Exodus 1–20. Latin text: the Clementine Vulgate (1592), as transcribed by the Clementine Vulgate Project, public domain. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English (a literal learner's translation) and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.