The Covenant Sealed 1 WBS And he said to Moses, Come up to the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye 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 WBS And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; 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 WBS And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen to the LORD. 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 WBS And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; 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 WBS And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. 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 WBS And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold, the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath 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 WBS Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: BSB BSB: Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,
10 WBS And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire-stone, and as it were the body of heaven in its 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 WBS And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also 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 WBS And the LORD said to Moses, Come up to me on the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayst teach them. 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 WBS And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up upon the mount of God. BSB BSB: So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.
14 WBS And he said to the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again to you: and behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man hath any matters to do, let him come to 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 WBS And Moses went up upon the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. BSB BSB: When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,
16 WBS And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called to Moses from 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 WBS And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount, in 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 WBS And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and ascended the mount: and Moses was on the mount 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.