Exodus 24

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The Covenant Sealed

¹Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.

¹And to Moses He said, “Come up to YHWH, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy from the elders of Israel, and worship from a distance.

²Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”

²And Moses alone shall draw near to YHWH, and they shall not draw near, and the people shall not go up with him.”

³When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”

³And Moses came and recounted to the people all the words of YHWH and all the ordinances. And all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words that YHWH has spoken, we will do.”

⁴And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD.

Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

⁴And Moses wrote all the words of YHWH. And he rose early in the morning and built an altar at the base of the mountain, and two and ten pillars, according to the two and ten tribes of Israel.

⁵Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.

⁵And he sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed sacrifices of peace to YHWH, young bulls.

⁶Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splattered on the altar.

⁶And Moses took half the blood and put it in basins, and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

⁷Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”

⁷And he took the Book of the Covenant and read it aloud in the ears of the people. And they said, “All that YHWH has spoken we will do, and we will listen.”

⁸So Moses took the blood, splattered it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”^a

⁸And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and he said, “Behold, the blood of the covenant which YHWH has cut with you according to all these words.”

⁹Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

⁹And Moses went up, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy from the elders of Israel,

¹⁰and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.

¹⁰and they saw the God of Israel, and under His feet was like the work of a pavement of sapphire, and like the substance of the heavens for purity.

¹¹But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.

¹¹And on the nobles of the sons of Israel He did not stretch out His hand; and they saw God, and they ate and they drank.

Moses on the Mountain

¹²Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

¹²And YHWH said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain, and be there, and I will give to you the tablets of stone, and the law, and the command that I have written, that you may teach them.”

¹³So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.

¹³And Moses arose, and Joshua his assistant, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.

¹⁴And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.”

¹⁴And to the elders he said, “Remain for us in this place, until that we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is a master of words shall come near to them.”

¹⁵When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,

¹⁵And Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

¹⁶and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.

¹⁶And the glory of YHWH dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And He called to Moses on the seventh day from the midst of the cloud.

¹⁷And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.

¹⁷And the sight of the glory of YHWH was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the sons of Israel.

¹⁸Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

¹⁸And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and he went up to the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.