Exodus 24

1 and to(wards) Moses to say to ascend: rise to(wards) LORD you(m. s.) and Aaron Nadab and Abihu and seventy from old: elder Israel and to bow from distant

The Lord told Moses, “Come up to the Lord—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders. You are to worship at a distance.

2 and to approach: approach Moses to/for alone him to(wards) LORD and they(masc.) not to approach: approach and [the] people not to ascend: rise with him

Only Moses may approach the Lord—the others must not come near. The people may not go up the mountain with him.”

3 and to come (in): come Moses and to recount to/for people [obj] all word LORD and [obj] all [the] justice: judgement and to answer all [the] people voice one and to say all [the] word which to speak: speak LORD to make: do

Moses went and told the people all the Lord's instructions and regulations. They all responded together: “We will do everything the Lord says!”

4 and to write Moses [obj] all word LORD and to rise in/on/with morning and to build altar underneath: under [the] mountain: mount and two ten pillar to/for two ten tribe Israel

Moses wrote down everything the Lord had said. He got up early the following morning and built an altar at the bottom of the mountain, and set up twelve pillars for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.

5 and to send: depart [obj] youth son: descendant/people Israel and to ascend: offer up burnt offering and to sacrifice sacrifice peace offering to/for LORD bullock

Then he sent out some young Israelite men who went and offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the Lord.

6 and to take: take Moses half [the] blood and to set: put in/on/with vessel and half [the] blood to scatter upon [the] altar

Moses put half of the blood into bowls, and sprinkled the other half on the altar.

7 and to take: take scroll: book [the] covenant and to call: read out in/on/with ear: hearing [the] people and to say all which to speak: speak LORD to make: do and to hear: obey

Then he picked up the Book of the Agreement and read it to the people. They replied, “We will do everything the Lord says. We will obey.”

8 and to take: take Moses [obj] [the] blood and to scatter upon [the] people and to say behold blood [the] covenant which to cut: make(covenant) LORD with you upon all [the] word [the] these

So Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Look, this is the blood of the agreement that the Lord has made with you following these terms.”

9 and to ascend: rise Moses and Aaron Nadab and Abihu and seventy from old: elder Israel

Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders climbed up the mountain,

10 and to see: see [obj] God Israel and underneath: under foot his like/as deed: work brick [the] sapphire and like/as bone: same [the] heaven to/for purity

and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a tiled pavement made of lapis lazuli, as clear blue as the sky itself.

11 and to(wards) chief son: descendant/people Israel not to send: reach hand his and to see [obj] [the] God and to eat and to drink

But God did not harm the leaders of Israel—they saw him, and they ate and drank a sacred meal.

12 and to say LORD to(wards) Moses to ascend: rise to(wards) me [the] mountain: mount [to] and to be there and to give: give to/for you [obj] tablet [the] stone and [the] instruction and [the] commandment which to write to/for to show them

Then the Lord told Moses, “Come up the mountain to me, and stay here, so I can give you the stone tablets, with the instructions and commands I have written for them to learn.”

13 and to arise: rise Moses and Joshua to minister him and to ascend: rise Moses to(wards) mountain: mount [the] God

So Moses left with Joshua his attendant and climbed up the mountain of God.

14 and to(wards) [the] old: elder to say to dwell to/for us in/on/with this till which to return: return to(wards) you and behold Aaron and Hur with you who? master: men word: case to approach: approach to(wards) them

He told the elders, “Stay here and wait for us to return. Aaron and Hur are with you. If anyone has a problem, they can talk with them.”

15 and to ascend: rise Moses to(wards) [the] mountain: mount and to cover [the] cloud [obj] [the] mountain: mount

As Moses climbed up on the mountain, the cloud covered it

16 and to dwell glory LORD upon mountain: mount Sinai and to cover him [the] cloud six day and to call: call to to(wards) Moses in/on/with day [the] seventh from midst [the] cloud

The Lord's glory came down on Mount Sinai, covering it for six days. On the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from inside the cloud.

17 and appearance glory LORD like/as fire to eat in/on/with head: top [the] mountain: mount to/for eye: seeing son: descendant/people Israel

To the Israelites the Lord's glory looked like a burning fire on the top of the mountain.

18 and to come (in): come Moses in/on/with midst [the] cloud and to ascend: rise to(wards) [the] mountain: mount and to be Moses in/on/with mountain: mount forty day and forty night

Moses went into the cloud as he climbed up on the mountain, and he stayed on the mountain for forty days and nights.