Exodus 24

1 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Come up to me—you, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders, and worship me at a distance.

And unto Moses He said: 'Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off;

2 Moses alone may come near to me. The others must not come near, nor may the people come up with him.”

and Moses alone shall come near unto the LORD; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.'

3 Moses went and told the people all of Yahweh's words and decrees. All the people answered with one voice and said, “We will do all the words that Yahweh has said.”

And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said: 'All the words which the Lord hath spoken will we do.'

4 Then Moses wrote down all of Yahweh's words. Early in the morning, Moses built an altar at the foot of the mountain and arranged twelve stone pillars, so that the stones would represent the twelve tribes of Israel.

And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, 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 He sent some Israelite young men to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice fellowship offerings of oxen to Yahweh.

And he sent the young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto the LORD.

6 Moses took half of the blood and put it into basins; he sprinkled the other half onto the altar.

And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he dashed against the altar.

7 He took the book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people. They said, “We will do all that Yahweh has spoken. We will be obedient.”

And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people; and they said: 'All that the LORD hath spoken will we do, and obey.'

8 Then Moses took the blood and sprinkled it onto the people. He said, “This is the blood of the covenant that Yahweh has made with you by giving you this promise with all these words.”

And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said: 'Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you in agreement with all these words.'

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

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

10 They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was a pavement made of sapphire stone, as clear as the sky itself.

and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under His feet the like of a paved work of sapphire stone, and the like of the very heaven for clearness.

11 God did not lay a hand on the Israelite leaders. They saw God, and they ate and drank.

And upon the nobles of the children of Israel He laid not His hand; and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.

12 Yahweh said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay there. I will give you the tablets of stone and the law and commandments that I have written, so that you may teach them.”

And the LORD 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 So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua and went up the mountain of God.

And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister; and Moses went up into the mount of God.

14 Moses had said to the elders, “Stay here and wait for us until we come to you. Aaron and Hur are with you. If anyone has a dispute, let him go to them.”

And unto the elders he said: 'Tarry ye here for us, until we come back unto you; and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; whosoever hath a cause, let him come near unto them.'

15 So Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered it.

And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount.

16 Yahweh's glory settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud.

And the glory of the LORD 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 The appearance of Yahweh's glory was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the Israelites.

And the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

18 Moses entered the cloud and went up the mountain. He was up the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

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.