Exodus 24

Exodus 24

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

2Moses alone shall come near to the LORD , but they shall not come near . The people shall not go up with him .”

3Moses came and told the people all the LORD ’s words , and all the ordinances ; and all the people answered with one voice , and said , “All the words which the LORD has spoken will we do .”

4Moses wrote all the LORD ’s words , then rose up early in the morning and built an altar at the base of the mountain , with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel .

5He sent young men of the children of Israel , who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle to the LORD .

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

7He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people , and they said , “We will do all that the LORD has said , and be obedient .”

8Moses took the blood , and sprinkled it on the people , and said , “Look , this is the blood of the covenant , which the LORD has made with you concerning all these words .”

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

10They saw the God of Israel . Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone , like the skies for clearness .[#24:10 or, lapis lazuli]

11He didn’t lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel . They saw God , and ate and drank .

12The LORD said to Moses , “Come up to me on the mountain , and stay here , and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commands that I have written , that you may teach them .”

13Moses rose up with Joshua , his servant , and Moses went up onto God’s Mountain .

14He said to the elders , “Wait here for us , until we come again to you . Behold , Aaron and Hur are with you . Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them .”

15Moses went up on the mountain , and the cloud covered the mountain .

16The LORD ’s glory settled on Mount Sinai , and the cloud covered it six days . The seventh day he called to Moses out of the middle of the cloud .

17The appearance of the LORD ’s glory was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel .

18Moses entered into the middle of the cloud , and went up on the mountain ; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights .

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