Exodus 24

¹ And he saidsaid unto MosesMoses, Come up unto the LORDthe LORD, thou, and AaronAaron, NadabNadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israelelders of Israel; and worshipworship ye afar off.

² And MosesMoses alone shall come nearnear the LORDthe LORD: but they shall not come nighnigh; neither shall the people go upgo up with him.

³ And MosesMoses camecame and told the people all the wordswords of the LORDthe LORD, and all the judgmentsjudgments: and all the people answeredanswered with oneone voicevoice, and saidsaid, All the wordswords which the LORDthe LORD hath saidsaid will we do.

⁴ And MosesMoses wrotewrote all the wordswords of the LORDthe LORD, and rose uprose up earlyearly in the morningmorning, and buildedbuilded an altaraltar underunder the hillhill, and twelve pillarspillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israeltwelve tribes of Israel.

⁵ And he sentsent young menyoung men of the childrenchildren of IsraelIsrael, which offered burnt offeringsofferings, and sacrificed peacepeace offeringsofferings of oxenoxen unto the LORDthe LORD.

⁶ And MosesMoses took halfhalf of the bloodblood, and putput it in basons; and halfhalf of the bloodblood he sprinkled on the altaraltar.

⁷ And he took the book of the covenantbook of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they saidsaid, All that the LORDthe LORD hath saidsaid will we do, and be obedient.

⁸ And MosesMoses took the bloodblood, and sprinkled it on the people, and saidsaid, Behold the blood of thethe blood of the covenant, which the LORDthe LORD hath made with you concerning all these wordswords.

⁹ Then went up MosesMoses, and AaronAaron, NadabNadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israelelders of Israel:

¹⁰ And they sawsaw the GodGod of IsraelIsrael: and there was underunder his feetfeet as it were a paved workwork of a sapphire stonesapphire stone, and as it were the body of heavenheaven in his clearness.

¹¹ And upon the nobles of the childrenchildren of IsraelIsrael he laid not his handhand: also they sawsaw GodGod, and did eateat and drinkdrink.

¹² And the LORDthe LORD saidsaid unto MosesMoses, Come up to me into the mountmount, and be there: and I will givegive thee tables of stonestone, and a law, and commandmentscommandments which I have writtenwritten; that thou mayest teach them.

¹³ And MosesMoses rose uprose up, and his ministerminister JoshuaJoshua: and MosesMoses went up into the mountmount of GodGod.

¹⁴ And he saidsaid unto the elderselders, TarryTarry ye here for usus, until we come again unto you: and, behold, AaronAaron and HurHur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.

¹⁵ And MosesMoses went up into the mountmount, and a cloudcloud coveredcovered the mountmount.

¹⁶ And the glory of the LORDthe LORD abode upon mountmount SinaiSinai, and the cloudcloud coveredcovered it six dayssix days: and the seventh dayday he calledcalled unto MosesMoses out of the midstmidst of the cloudcloud.

¹⁷ And the sightsight of the glory of the LORDthe LORD was like devouring firefire on the top of the mountmount in the eyeseyes of the childrenchildren of IsraelIsrael.

¹⁸ And MosesMoses went into the midstmidst of the cloudcloud, and gat him up into the mountmount: and MosesMoses was in the mountmount fortyforty daysdays and fortyforty nightsnights.