Exodus 24 - LSB Bible Online

Exodus 24

Yahweh Cuts His Covenant with Israel

Then He said to Moses, “^aCome up to Yahweh, you and Aaron, ^bNadab and Abihu and ^cseventy of the elders of Israel, and you all shall worship at a distance. 2 Moses alone, however, shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.”
3 Then Moses came and recounted to the people all the words of Yahweh and all the judgments; and all the people answered with one voice and said, “^aAll the words which Yahweh has spoken we will do!” 4 ^aAnd Moses wrote down all the words of Yahweh. Then he arose early in the morning and built an ^baltar ¹at the foot of the mountain with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent young men of the sons of Israel, ^aand they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to Yahweh. 6 ^aAnd Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half of the blood he ¹sprinkled on the altar. 7 Then he took ^athe book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, “^bAll that Yahweh has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient!” 8 So ^aMoses took the blood and ¹sprinkled it on the people and said, “Behold ^bthe blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has cut with you ²in accordance with all these words.”
9 Then Moses went up ¹with Aaron, ^aNadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, 10 and ^athey saw the God of Israel; and under His feet ¹^bthere appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, ²as clear as the sky itself. 11 Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the nobles of the sons of Israel; and ^athey beheld God, and they ate and drank.
12 Now Yahweh said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and ¹remain there, and ^aI will give you the stone tablets ²with the ³law and the commandment which I have written for their instruction.” 13 So Moses arose ¹with ^aJoshua his ²attendant, and Moses went up to ^bthe mountain of God. 14 But to the elders he said, “^aRemain here for us until we return to you. And behold, ^bAaron and Hur are with you; whoever ¹has a legal matter, let him approach them.” 15 Then Moses went up to the mountain, and ^athe cloud covered the mountain. 16 ^aAnd the glory of Yahweh dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day He ^bcalled to Moses from the midst of the cloud. 17 ^aAnd the appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like a ^bconsuming fire on the mountain top, in the eyes of the sons of Israel. 18 Then Moses entered the midst of the cloud ¹as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain ^aforty days and forty nights.

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