Exodus 2424ExodusThe covenant at SinaiUnlocked English Bible

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1. The Covenant Sealed

2. 1UEBThen Yahweh said to Moses, "Come up to me—you, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders, and worship me at a distance.BSBBSB: 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.
3. 2UEBMoses alone may come near to me. The others must not come near, nor may the people come up with him."BSBBSB: Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”
4. 3UEBMoses went and told the people all of Yahweh's words and decrees. All the people answered with one voice and said, "We will do all the words that Yahweh has said."BSBBSB: 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.”
5. 4UEBThen Moses wrote down all of Yahweh's words. Early in the morning, Moses built an altar at the foot of the mountain and arranged twelve stone pillars, so that the stones would represent the twelve tribes of Israel.BSBBSB: 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.
6. 5UEBHe sent some Israelite young men to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice fellowship offerings of oxen to Yahweh.BSBBSB: Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
7. 6UEBMoses took half of the blood and put it into basins; he sprinkled the other half onto the altar.BSBBSB: Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splattered on the altar.
8. 7UEBHe took the book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people. They said, "We will do all that Yahweh has spoken. We will be obedient."BSBBSB: 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.”
9. 8UEBThen Moses took the blood and sprinkled it onto the people. He said, "This is the blood of the covenant that Yahweh has made with you by giving you this promise with all these words."BSBBSB: 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.”
10. 9UEBThen Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders went up the mountain.BSBBSB: Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,
11. 10UEBThey saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was a pavement made of sapphire stone, as clear as the sky itself.BSBBSB: 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.
12. 11UEBGod did not lay a hand on the Israelite leaders. They saw God, and they ate and drank.BSBBSB: But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.

13. Moses on the Mountain

14. 12UEBYahweh said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain and stay there. I will give you the tablets of stone and the law and commandments that I have written, so that you may teach them."BSBBSB: 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.”
15. 13UEBSo Moses set out with his assistant Joshua and went up the mountain of God.BSBBSB: So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.
16. 14UEBMoses had said to the elders, "Stay here and wait for us until we come to you. Aaron and Hur are with you. If anyone has a dispute, let him go to them."BSBBSB: 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.”
17. 15UEBSo Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered it.BSBBSB: When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,
18. 16UEBYahweh's glory settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud.BSBBSB: 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.
19. 17UEBThe appearance of Yahweh's glory was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the Israelites.BSBBSB: And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.
20. 18UEBMoses entered the cloud and went up the mountain. He was up the mountain for forty days and forty nights.BSBBSB: Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

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