| 1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron,
Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar
off: 2 and Moses alone shall come near unto Jehovah; but they shall not
come near; neither shall the people go up with him. 3 And Moses came and
told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the ordinances: and all the
people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which Jehovah hath
spoken will we do. 4 And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up
early in the morning, and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve
pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent young men
of the children of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed
peace-offerings of oxen unto Jehovah. 6 And Moses took half of the blood,
and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the
people: and they said, All that Jehovah hath spoken will we do, and be
obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and
said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which Jehovah hath made with you
concerning all these words.
9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the
elders of Israel. 10 And they saw the God of Israel; and there was under
his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very
heaven for clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he
laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.
12 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be
there: and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the
commandment, which I have written, that thou mayest teach them. 13 And
Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister: and Moses went up into the mount of
God. 14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come
again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: whosoever hath a
cause, let him come near unto them. 15 And Moses went up into the mount,
and the cloud covered the mount. 16 And the glory of Jehovah abode upon
mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called
unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the appearance of the
glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes
of the children of Israel. 18 And Moses entered into the midst of the
cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and
forty nights.
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