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And he said to Moses , Come up to the Lord , you and Aaron , and Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the chiefs of Israel ; and give me worship from a distance.
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And Moses only may come near to the Lord ; but the others are not to come near , and the people may not come up with them.
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Then Moses came and put before the people all the words of the Lord and his laws : and all the people, answering with one voice , said , Whatever the Lord has said we will do.
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Then Moses put down in writing all the words of the Lord , and he got up early in the morning and made an altar at the foot of the mountain , with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel .
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And he sent some of the young men of the children of Israel to make burned offerings and peace -offerings of oxen to the Lord .
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And Moses took half the blood and put it in basins; draining out half of the blood over the altar .
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And he took the book of the agreement, reading it in the hearing of the people: and they said , Everything which the Lord has said we will do, and we will keep his laws .
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Then Moses took the blood and let it come on the people, and said , This blood is the sign of the agreement which the Lord has made with you in these words .
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Then Moses and Aaron , Nadab , and Abihu, and seventy of the chiefs of Israel went up:
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And they saw the God of Israel ; and under his feet there was, as it seemed, a jewelled floor, clear as the heavens .
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And he put not his hand on the chiefs of the children of Israel : they saw God , and took food and drink .
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And the Lord said to Moses , Come up to me on the mountain , and take your place there: and I will give you the stones on which I have put in writing the law and the orders , so that you may give the people knowledge of them.
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Then Moses and Joshua his servant got up; and Moses went up into the mountain of God .
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And he said to the chiefs , Keep your places here till we come back to you: Aaron and Hur are with you; if anyone has any cause let him go to them.
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And Moses went up into the mountain , and it was covered by the cloud .
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And the glory of the Lord was resting on Mount Sinai , and the cloud was over it for six days ; and on the seventh day he said Moses ' name out of the cloud .
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And the glory of the Lord was like a flame on the top of the mountain before the eyes of the children of Israel .
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And Moses went up the mountain , into the cloud , and was there for forty days and forty nights .