| Chapter 24 |
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He said to Moses, 'Come up to Yahweh, 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 Yahweh, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him.' --
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Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, 'All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do.' --
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Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and 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 oxen to Yahweh. --
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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, 'All that Yahweh has spoken will we do, 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 Yahweh 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 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. --
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Yahweh said to Moses, 'Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the tables of stone 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 glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. --
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The appearance of the glory of Yahweh 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 midst of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. --
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