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.

Now He said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar.

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

And Moses alone shall come near the Lord, but they shall not come near; nor shall the people go 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.”

So Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and all the judgments. And all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words which the Lord has said 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.

And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord. And he rose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

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

Then he sent young men of the children of Israel, 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 the blood and put it in basins, and half the blood he sprinkled on 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 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, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you according to all these words.” On the Mountain with God

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

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

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 there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens in its clarity.

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

But on the nobles of the children of Israel He did not lay His hand. So they saw God, and they 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.”

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law and 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 arose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to 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, “Wait here for us until we come back to you. Indeed, Aaron and Hur are with you. If any man has a difficulty, 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 a 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.

Now the glory of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day He 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.

The sight of the glory of the Lord was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.

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.

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