Exodus 24
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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, # 24:1 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.” # 24:3 Ex 19:8; Dt 5:27 4And Moses wrote # 24:4 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.” # 24:6–8 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 # 24:10 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. # 24:10 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 # 24:11 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 # 24:12 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. # 24:13 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 # 24:15 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. # 24:16 Ex 16:10 17The appearance of the Lord’s glory to the Israelites was like a consuming fire # 24:17 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. # 24:18 Ex 34:28; Dt 9:9
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Exodus 24
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The people agree to obey God
1The LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on this mountain. Bring along Aaron, as well as his two sons Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel's leaders. They must worship me at a distance, 2but you are to come near. Don't let anyone else come up.”
3Moses gave the LORD's instructions to the people, and they promised, “We will do everything the LORD has commanded!” 4Then Moses wrote down what the LORD had said.
The next morning Moses got up early. He built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up a large stone for each of the twelve tribes of Israel. 5He also sent some young men to burn offerings and to sacrifice bulls as special offerings#24.5 special offerings: Often translated “peace offerings”, which were to make peace between God and his people, who ate certain parts of the sacrificed animal. to the LORD. 6Moses put half of the blood from the animals into bowls and sprinkled the rest on the altar. 7Then he read aloud the LORD's commands and promises, and the people shouted, “We will obey the LORD and do everything he has commanded!”
8Moses took the blood from the bowls and sprinkled it on the people. Next, he told them, “With this blood the LORD makes his agreement with you.”#Mt 26.28; Mk 14.24; Lk 22.20; 1 Co 11.25; He 10.29; He 9.19,20.
9Moses and Aaron, together with Nadab and Abihu and the seventy leaders, went up the mountain 10and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something that looked like a pavement made out of sapphire,#24.10 sapphire: A precious stone, blue in colour. and it was as bright as the sky.
11Even though these leaders of Israel saw God, he did not punish them. So they ate and drank.
Moses on Mount Sinai
12The LORD said to Moses, “Come up on the mountain and stay here for a while. I will give you the two flat stones on which I have written the laws that my people must obey.” 13Moses and Joshua his assistant got ready, then Moses started up the mountain to meet with God.
14Moses had told the leaders, “Wait here until we come back. Aaron and Hur will be with you, and they can settle any arguments while we are away.”
15When Moses went up on Mount Sinai, a cloud covered it, 16and the bright glory of the LORD came down and stayed there. The cloud covered the mountain for six days, and on the seventh day the LORD told Moses to come into the cloud. 17-18Moses did so and stayed there forty days and nights. To the people, the LORD's glory looked like a blazing fire on top of the mountain.#Dt 9.9.
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