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The Second Book of Moses: Exodus

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- Chapter 24 -

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And He said to Moses, “Come up to YHWH, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy from [the] elderly of Israel, and you have bowed yourselves far off”;
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and Moses has drawn near to YHWH by himself; and they do not draw near, and the people do not go up with him.
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And Moses comes in, and recounts to the people all the words of YHWH, and all the judgments, and all the people answer [with] one voice, and say, “All the words which YHWH has spoken we do.”
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And Moses writes all the words of YHWH, and rises early in the morning, and builds an altar under the hill, and twelve standing pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel;
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and he sends the youths of the sons of Israel, and they cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings to YHWHcalves.
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And Moses takes half of the blood and puts [it] in basins, and he has sprinkled half of the blood on the altar;
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and he takes the Scroll of the Covenant, and proclaims [it] in the ears of the people, and they say, “All that which YHWH has spoken we do, and we obey.”
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And Moses takes the blood and sprinkles [it] on the people, and says, “Behold, the blood of the covenant which YHWH has made with you, concerning all these things.”
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And Moses goes up, Aaron also, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy from [the] elderly of Israel,
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and they see the God of Israel, and under His feet [is] as the work of a pavement of sapphire, and as the substance of the heavens for purity;
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and He has not put forth His hand to those of the sons of Israel who are near, and they see God, and eat and drink.

Moses on the Mountain

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And YHWH says to Moses, “Come up to Me [on] the mountain and be there, and I give to you the tablets of stone, and the Law, and the command, which I have written to direct them.”
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And Moses riseshis minister Joshua alsoand Moses goes up to the mountain of God;
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and he has said to the elderly, “Abide for us in this [place] until we return to you, and behold, Aaron and Hur [are] with youhe who has matters comes near to them.”
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And Moses goes up to the mountain, and the cloud covers the mountain;
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and the glory of YHWH dwells on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covers it [for] six days, and He calls to Moses on the seventh day from the midst of the cloud.
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And the appearance of the glory of YHWH [is] as a consuming fire on the top of the mountain, before the eyes of the sons of Israel;
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and Moses goes into the midst of the cloud, and goes up to the mountain, and Moses is on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
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He said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.
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Moses alone shall come near to the LORD, but they shall not come near. The people shall not go up with him.”
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Moses came and told the people all the LORD’s words, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, “All the words which the LORD has spoken will we do.”
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Moses wrote all the LORD’s words, then rose up early in the morning and built an altar at the base of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
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He sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle to the LORD.
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Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
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He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, “We will do all that the LORD has said, and be obedient.”
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Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made with you concerning all these words.”
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Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.
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They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire (a) stone, like the skies for clearness.
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He didn’t lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel. They saw God, and ate and drank.

Moses on the Mountain

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The LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commands that I have written, that you may teach them.”
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Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God’s Mountain.
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He said to the elders, “Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them.”
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Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
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The LORD’s glory settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the middle of the cloud.
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The appearance of the LORD’s glory was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
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Moses entered into the middle of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Footnotes

(a)24:10 or, lapis lazuli