¹³ They are to be stoned^(A) or shot with arrows; not a hand is to be laid on them. No person or animal shall be permitted to live.’ Only when the ram’s horn^(B) sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”^(C)

¹⁴ After Moses had gone down the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.^{(D) 15} Then he said to the people, “Prepare yourselves for the third day. Abstain^(E) from sexual relations.”