1And he said unto Moses , Come up unto Jehovah , thou, and Aaron, Nadab , and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel ; and worship ye afar off : 2and Moses alone shall come near unto Jehovah ; but they shall not come near ; neither shall the people go up with him . 3And Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah , and all the ordinances : and all the people answered with one voice , and said , All the words which Jehovah hath spoken will we do . 4And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah , and rose up early in the morning , and builded an altar under the mount , and twelve pillars , according to the twelve tribes of Israel . 5And he sent young men of the children of Israel , who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto Jehovah . 6And Moses took half of the blood , and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar . 7And he took the book of the covenant , and read in the audience of the people : and they said , All that Jehovah hath spoken will we do , and be obedient . 8And Moses took the blood , and sprinkled it on the people , and said , Behold the blood of the covenant , which Jehovah hath made with you concerning all these words .
Moses and the Elders
9Then went up Moses , and Aaron, Nadab , and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel : 10and they saw the God of Israel ; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone , and as it were the very heaven for clearness . 11And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand : and they beheld God , and did eat and drink .
Moses Receives Instructions
12And Jehovah said unto Moses , Come up to me into the mount , and be there : and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment , which I have written , that thou mayest teach them . 13And Moses rose up , and Joshua his minister : and Moses went up into the mount of God. 14And he said unto the elders , Tarry ye here for us , until we come again unto you : and , behold , Aaron and Hur are with you : whosoever hath a cause , let him come near unto them . 15And Moses went up into the mount , and the cloud covered the mount . 16And the glory of Jehovah abode upon mount Sinai , and the cloud covered it six days : and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud . 17And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel . 18And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud , and went up into the mount : and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights .