The Covenant Sealed 1 DBY And he said to Moses, Go up to Jehovah, thou and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship afar off. BSB BSB: 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.
2 DBY And let Moses alone come near Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him. BSB BSB: Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”
5 DBY And he sent the youths of the children of Israel, and they offered up burnt-offerings, and sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offering of bullocks to Jehovah. BSB BSB: Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
6 DBY And Moses took half the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. BSB BSB: Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splattered on the altar.
7 DBY And he took the book of the covenant, and read it in the ears of the people; and they said, All that Jehovah has said will we do, and obey! BSB BSB: 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.”
8 DBY And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant that Jehovah has made with you concerning all these words. BSB BSB: So Moses took the blood, splattered 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.”
9 DBY And Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up; BSB BSB: Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,
10 DBY and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were work of transparent sapphire, and as it were the form of heaven for clearness. BSB BSB: 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.
11 DBY And on the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: they saw God, and ate and drank. BSB BSB: But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.
Moses on the Mountain 12 DBY And Jehovah said to Moses, Come up to me into the mountain, and be there; and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law, and the commandment that I have written, for their instruction. BSB BSB: 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.”
13 DBY And Moses rose up, and Joshua his attendant; and Moses went up to the mountain of God. BSB BSB: So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.
14 DBY And he said to the elders, Wait here for us, until we return to you; and behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matter, let him come before them. BSB BSB: 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.”
15 DBY And Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. BSB BSB: When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,
16 DBY And the glory of Jehovah abode on mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. BSB BSB: 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.
17 DBY And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain, before the eyes of the children of Israel. BSB BSB: And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.
18 DBY And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and ascended the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. BSB BSB: Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.