Exodus 24:1-8

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.”

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