Exodus 19:2-4

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

² And when they set out from Reph′idim and came into the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness; and there Israel encamped before the mountain. ³ And Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him out of the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel:^{[a] 4} You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.