~Exodus 24:1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah, thou,and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; andworship ye afar off:
~Exodus 24:2 and Moses alone shall come near unto Jehovah; butthey shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.
~Exodus 24:3 And Moses came and told the people all the words ofJehovah, and all the ordinances: and all the people answered with onevoice, and said, All the words which Jehovah hath spoken will we do.
~Exodus 24:4 And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose upearly in the morning, and builded an altar under the mount, andtwelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
~Exodus 24:5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, whooffered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen untoJehovah.
~Exodus 24:6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins;and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
~Exodus 24:7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in theaudience of the people: and they said, All that Jehovah hath spokenwill we do, and be obedient.
~Exodus 24:8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on thepeople, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which Jehovahhath made with you concerning all these words.
~Exodus 24:9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu,and seventy of the elders of Israel.
~Exodus 24:10 And they saw the God of Israel; and there was underhis feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were thevery heaven for clearness.
~Exodus 24:11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laidnot his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.
~Exodus 24:12 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Come up to me into themount, and be there: and I will give thee the tables of stone, and thelaw and the commandment, which I have written, that thou mayestteach them.
~Exodus 24:13 And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister: andMoses went up into the mount of God.
~Exodus 24:14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, untilwe come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you:whosoever hath a cause, let him come near unto them.
~Exodus 24:15 And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloudcovered the mount.
~Exodus 24:16 And the glory of Jehovah abode upon mount Sinai,and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called untoMoses out of the midst of the cloud.
~Exodus 24:17 And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was likedevouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children ofIsrael.
~Exodus 24:18 And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, andwent up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days andforty nights
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