1 H e 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.

God said to Moses, Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders, and worship at a distance.

2 M oses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near. The people shall not go up with him.”

Moses alone shall come near the Lord; the others shall not come near, and neither shall the people come up with him.

3 M oses came and told the people all Yahweh’s words, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, “All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do.”

Moses came and told the people all that the Lord had said and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, All that the Lord has spoken we will do.

4 M oses wrote all Yahweh’s words, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

Moses wrote all the words of the Lord. He rose up early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve pillars representing Israel’s twelve tribes.

5 H e sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle to Yahweh.

And he sent young Israelite men, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the Lord.

6 M oses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he dashed against the altar.

7 H e 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.”

Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people; and they said, All that the Lord has said we will do, and we will be obedient.

8 M oses 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.”

And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.

9 T hen Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.

Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.

10 T hey saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness.

And they saw the God of Israel, and under His feet it was like pavement of bright sapphire stone, like the very heavens in clearness.

11 H e didn’t lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel. They saw God, and ate and drank.

And upon the nobles of the Israelites He laid not His hand; but they saw God, and ate and drank.

12 Y ahweh said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commands that I have written, that you may teach them.”

And the Lord said to Moses, Come up to Me into the mountain and be there, and I will give you tables of stone, with the law and the commandments which I have written that you may teach them.

13 M oses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God’s Mountain.

So Moses rose up with Joshua his attendant; and Moses went up into the mountain of God.

14 H e 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.”

And he said to the elders, Tarry here for us until we come back to you; remember, Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a cause, let him go to them.

15 M oses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

Then Moses went up into the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

16 Y ahweh’s glory settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the middle of the cloud.

The glory of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

17 T he appearance of Yahweh’s glory was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.

And the glory of the Lord appeared to the Israelites like devouring fire on the top of the mountain.

18 M oses entered into the middle of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and went up the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and nights.