U-Eksodusi 19:1-6

Ngenyanga yesithathu emva kokuphuma kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli ezweni laseGibithe, ngalona lolo suku, bafika ehlane laseSinayi. Sebesukile eRefidimi, befike ehlane laseSinayi, bamisa ehlane; u-Israyeli wahlala khona phambi kwentaba. UMose wakhuphukela kuNkulunkulu; uJehova esentabeni wamemeza kuye, wathi: “Yisho kuyo indlu kaJakobe, ubatshele abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, uthi: ‘Nibonile lokhu engikwenzile kwabaseGibithe nokuthi nganithwala ngamaphiko okhozi, nganisondeza kimi. Kalokhu uma nilalela nokulalela izwi lami, nigcine isivumelwano sami, niyakuba yigugu kimi kunazo zonke izizwe, ngokuba umhlaba wonke ungowami, nibe ngumbuso wabapristi kimi, nesizwe esingcwele. Yilawo mazwi ozakuwakhuluma kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli.’ ”