¹ Ja ta ütles Moosesele: 'Astuge üles Issanda juurde, sina ise, Aaron, Naadab, Abihu ja seitsekümmend Iisraeli vanemaist, ja kummardage eemalt!

² Mooses üksi liginegu Issandale, teised aga ei tohi lähedale tulla ja rahvas ei tohi minna üles koos temaga!'

³ Ja Mooses tuli ning jutustas rahvale kõigist Issanda sõnadest ja kõigist seadlustest. Ja kogu rahvas vastas ühehäälselt, öeldes: 'Me tahame teha iga sõna järgi, mis Issand on rääkinud!'

⁴ Ja Mooses kirjutas üles kõik Issanda sõnad. Ja ta tõusis hommikul vara ning püstitas mäe alla altari ja kaksteist sammast vastavalt Iisraeli kaheteistkümnele suguharule.

⁵ Ja ta läkitas Iisraeli laste noori mehi ohverdama põletusohvreid ja tapma härjavärsse tänuohvriks Issandale.

⁶ Ja Mooses võttis poole verest ning pani kausikestesse, aga teise poole verest ta piserdas altarile.

⁷ Siis ta võttis seaduseraamatu ja luges rahva kuuldes. Ja nad ütlesid: 'Kõik, mida Issand on käskinud, me teeme ja võtame kuulda!'

⁸ Ja Mooses võttis verd ning piserdas rahva peale, öeldes: 'Vaata, see on selle lepingu veri, mille Issand teiega on teinud kõigi nende sõnade põhjal!'

⁹ Seejärel Mooses, Aaron, Naadab, Abihu ja seitsekümmend Iisraeli vanemaist läksid üles,

¹⁰ ja nad nägid Iisraeli Jumalat: tema jalge all oli nagu safiiridest tehtud põrand - otsekui taevas ise oma selguses.

¹¹ Aga ta ei tõstnud oma kätt Iisraeli laste ülemate vastu, vaid need võisid Jumalat vaadata ning süüa ja juua.

¹² Ja Issand ütles Moosesele: 'Tule üles minu juurde mäele ja ole siin, siis ma annan sulle kivilauad ning Seaduse ja käsud, mis ma olen kirjutanud neile õpetuseks!'

¹³ Ja Mooses läks teele koos oma teenri Joosuaga; ja Mooses läks üles Jumala mäele.

¹⁴ Aga vanemaile ta ütles: 'Jääge teie siia, kuni me tuleme tagasi teie juurde! Ja vaata, Aaron ja Huur on teie juures. Kellel on mingi põhjus, mingu nende juurde!'

¹⁵ Ja Mooses läks mäele ning pilv kattis mäe.

¹⁶ Ja Issanda auhiilgus laskus Siinai mäele ja pilv kattis seda kuus päeva; seitsmendal päeval hüüdis ta pilve seest Moosest.

¹⁷ Ja Issanda auhiilguse ilmutus oli Iisraeli laste silmis otsekui hävitav tuli mäetipus.

¹⁸ Mooses läks pilve keskele ning tõusis üles mäele. Ja Mooses oli mäe peal nelikümmend päeva ja nelikümmend ööd.

¹ Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.

² The angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

³ Moses said, "I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt."

⁴ When Yahweh saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush, and said, "Moses! Moses!" He said, "Here I am."

⁵ He said, "Don't come close. Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place you are standing on is holy ground."

⁶ Moreover he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.

⁷ Yahweh said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

⁸ I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

⁹ Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.

¹⁰ Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt."

¹¹ Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"

¹² He said, "Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."

¹³ Moses said to God, "Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you;' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' What should I tell them?"

¹⁴ God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM," and he said, "You shall tell the children of Israel this: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"

¹⁵ God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children of Israel this, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.

¹⁶ Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt;

¹⁷ and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey."'

¹⁸ They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.'

¹⁹ I know that the king of Egypt won't give you permission to go, no, not by a mighty hand.

²⁰ I will put forth my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in its midst, and after that he will let you go.

²¹ I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and it will happen that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed.

²² But every woman shall ask of her neighbor, and of her who visits her house, jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and clothing; and you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters. You shall plunder the Egyptians."