Exodus 24
24
The Blood of the Covenant
1The Lord said to Moses, “You and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and 70 of the elders of Israel must come to worship the Lord. Do not come close when you worship. 2Only Moses can come close to me. The others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”
3Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws. They answered with one voice. They said, “We will do everything the Lord has told us to do.” 4Then Moses wrote down everything the Lord had said.
Moses got up early the next morning. He built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He set up 12 stone pillars. They stood for the 12 tribes of Israel. 5Then he sent young Israelite men to sacrifice burnt offerings. They also sacrificed young bulls as friendship offerings to the Lord. 6Moses put half of the blood in bowls. He splashed the other half against the altar. 7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They answered, “We will do everything the Lord has told us to do. We will obey him.”
8Then Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people. He said, “This is the blood that puts the covenant into effect. The Lord has made this covenant with you in keeping with all these words.”
9Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the 70 elders of Israel went up. 10They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a street made out of lapis lazuli. It was as bright blue as the sky itself. 11But God didn’t destroy those Israelite leaders when they saw him. They ate and drank.
12The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain. Stay here. I will give you the stone tablets. They contain the law and commandments I have written to teach the people.”
13Then Moses and Joshua, his helper, started out. Moses went up on the mountain of God. 14He said to the elders, “Wait for us here until we come back to you. Aaron and Hur are with you. Anyone who has a problem can go to them.”
15Moses went up on the mountain. Then the cloud covered it. 16The glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. The cloud covered the mountain for six days. On the seventh day the Lord called out to Moses from inside the cloud. 17The people of Israel saw the glory of the Lord. It looked like a fire burning on top of the mountain. 18Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. He stayed on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights.
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Exodus 24
24
The Covenant Ceremony
1Then he said to Moses, “Go up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders,#Ex 6:23; Lv 10:1–2; Nm 11:16 and bow in worship at a distance. 2Moses alone is to approach the Lord, but the others are not to approach, and the people are not to go up with him.”
3Moses came and told the people all the commands of the Lord and all the ordinances. Then all the people responded with a single voice, “We will do everything that the Lord has commanded.”#Ex 19:8; Dt 5:27 4And Moses wrote#Gn 28:18; Dt 31:9 down all the words of the Lord. He rose early the next morning and set up an altar and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel at the base of the mountain. 5Then he sent out young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as fellowship offerings to the Lord. 6Moses took half the blood and set it in basins; the other half of the blood he splattered on the altar. 7He then took the covenant scroll and read it aloud to the people. They responded, “We will do and obey all that the Lord has commanded.”
8Moses took the blood, splattered it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you concerning all these words.”#Heb 9:18–20; 1Pt 1:2
9Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders, 10and they saw#Jn 1:18; 1Jn 4:12 the God of Israel. Beneath his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself.#Ezk 1:26; Mt 17:2; Rv 4:3 11God did not harm#24:11 Lit not stretch out his hand against the Israelite nobles; they saw#Gn 32:30; Ex 19:21 him, and they ate and drank.
12The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay there so that I may give you the stone tablets#Ex 32:15; Dt 5:22 with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
13So Moses arose with his assistant Joshua and went up the mountain of God.#Ex 3:1; 17:9 14He told the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute should go to them.” 15When Moses went up the mountain, the cloud#Ex 19:9; Mt 17:5 covered it. 16The glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moses from the cloud.#Ex 16:10 17The appearance of the Lord’s glory to the Israelites was like a consuming fire#Ex 3:2; Dt 4:36; Heb 12:18,29 on the mountaintop. 18Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.#Ex 34:28; Dt 9:9
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