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| 1Then 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 afar. | 1Then the LORD said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. You are to worship at a distance, |
| 2Moses alone shall come near to the LORD, but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.” | 2but Moses alone is to approach the LORD; the others must not come near. And the people may not come up with him." |
| 3Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the rules. And all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words that the LORD has spoken we will do.” | 3When Moses went and told the people all the LORD's words and laws, they responded with one voice, "Everything the LORD has said we will do." |
| 4And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. | 4Moses then wrote down everything the LORD had said. He got up early the next morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel. |
| 5And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD. | 5Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings to the LORD. |
| 6And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar. | 6Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed against the altar. |
| 7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.” | 7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, "We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey." |
| 8And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.” | 8Moses then took the blood, sprinkled 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." |
| 9Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, | 9Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up |
| 10and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. | 10and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as bright blue as the sky. |
| 11And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank. | 11But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw God, and they ate and drank. |
| 12The LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.” | 12The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction." |
| 13So Moses rose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God. | 13Then Moses set out with Joshua his aide, and Moses went up on the mountain of God. |
| 14And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever has a dispute, let him go to them.” | 14He said to the elders, "Wait here for us until we come back to you. Aaron and Hur are with you, and anyone involved in a dispute can go to them." |
| 15Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. | 15When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, |
| 16The glory of the LORD dwelt 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. | 16and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud. |
| 17Now the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. | 17To the Israelites the glory of the LORD looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain. |
| 18Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. | 18Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. |
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