CHAPTER 24
Then 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.
Moses
alone
shall approach
the LORD,
but the others
must not
come near.
And the people
may not
go up
with him.”
When 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.”
And 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.
Then he sent out
some young men
of Israel,
and they offered
burnt offerings
and sacrificed
young bulls
as peace
offerings
to the LORD.
Then 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.”
So Moses
took
the blood,
sprinkled
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.”
and they saw
the God
of Israel.
Under
His feet
was a work
like a pavement
made of sapphire,
as clear
as the sky itself.
Then 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.”
And 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.”
and 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.
And the sight
of the glory
of the LORD
was like a consuming
fire
on the mountaintop
in the eyes
of the Israelites.
Moses
entered
the cloud
as he went up
on
the mountain,
and he
remained
on the mountain
forty
days
and forty
nights.