Exodus 24

1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off:2 and Moses alone shall come near unto Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the ordinances: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which Jehovah hath spoken will we do.4 And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto Jehovah.6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that Jehovah hath spoken will we do, and be obedient.8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which Jehovah hath made with you concerning all these words.

9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel.10 And they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness.11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.

12 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment, which I have written, that thou mayest teach them.13 And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister: and Moses went up into the mount of God.14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: whosoever hath a cause, let him come near unto them.15 And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount.16 And the glory of Jehovah abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.17 And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.18 And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

EXODUS 24

The People Agree //To Obey God

1 The [Lord] said to Moses, “Come up to me on this mountain. Bring along Aaron, as well as his two sons Nadab and Abihu, and 70 of Israel's leaders. They must worship me at a distance,

2 but you are to come near. Don't let anyone else come up.”
3 Moses gave the [Lord]'s instructions to the people, and they all promised, “We will do everything the [Lord] has commanded!”

4 Then Moses wrote down what the [Lord] had said.
The next morning Moses got up early. He built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up a large stone for each of the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 He also sent some young men to burn offerings and to sacrifice bulls as special offeringst to the [Lord]. 6 Moses put half of the blood from the animals into bowls and sprinkled the rest on the altar.

7 Then he read aloud the [Lord]'s commands and promises, and the people shouted, “We will obey the [Lord] and do everything he has commanded!”

8  t Moses took the blood from the bowls and sprinkled it on the people. Next, he told them, “With this blood the [Lord] makes his agreement with you.”
9 Moses and Aaron, together with Nadab and Abihu and the 70 leaders, went up the mountain

10 and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something that looked like a pavement made out of sapphire, t and it was as bright as the sky.

11 Even though these leaders of Israel saw God, he did not punish them. So they ate and drank.

Moses on Mount Sinai

13 Moses and Joshua his assistant got ready, then Moses started up the mountain to meet with God.

14 Moses had told the leaders, “Wait here until we come back. Aaron and Hur will be with you, and they can settle any arguments while we are away.”
15 When Moses went up on Mount Sinai, a cloud covered it, 16 and the bright glory of the [Lord] came down and stayed there. The cloud covered the mountain for six days, and on the seventh day the [Lord] told Moses to come into the cloud. 17-18 t Moses did so and stayed there 40 days and nights. To the people, the [Lord]'s glory looked like a blazing fire on top of the mountain.