H.
The enactment of the covenant
24:1-8
Exo. 24
:1
24:1
Then He said to Moses,
1Come up to Jehovah, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and
aseventy of the elders of Israel; and worship at a distance.
Exo. 24
:2
24:2
And Moses alone shall come near to Jehovah, but they shall not come near, nor shall the people come up with him.
Exo. 24
:3
24:3
And Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice and said,
1All the words which Jehovah has spoken we will
ado.
Exo. 24
:4
24:4
And Moses
awrote down all the words of Jehovah. And he rose up early in the morning and built an
1altar at the base of the mountain and twelve
2bpillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
Exo. 24
:5
24:5
And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered
1burnt offerings and sacrificed
1peace offerings of bulls to Jehovah.
Exo. 24
:6
24:6
And Moses took half of the
ablood and put
it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
Exo. 24
:7
24:7
And he took the book of the
acovenant and read
it in the hearing of the people; and they said,
1All that Jehovah has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.
Exo. 24
:8
24:8
So Moses took the blood and
asprinkled it on the
1people and said, Here is the
2bblood of the
ccovenant, which Jehovah has made with you in accordance with all these words.
I.
The vision of God
24:9-11
Exo. 24
:9
24:9
Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.
Exo. 24
:10
24:10
And they
1asaw the God of Israel, and under His feet there was
something like a
2paved work of
bsapphire, even like heaven itself for clearness.
Exo. 24
:11
24:11
And He did not stretch out His hand upon the nobles of the children of Israel. And they
1beheld God and ate and drank.
J.
Moses' stay with God under His glory
24:12-18
Exo. 24
:12
24:12
And Jehovah said to Moses, Come up to Me at
the top of the mountain, and be there; and I will give you the
atablets of stone with the law and the commandment, which I have inscribed for their instruction.
Exo. 24
:13
24:13
And 1Moses rose up with
aJoshua his attendant, and Moses went up to
the top of the
bmountain of God.
Exo. 24
:14
24:14
And he had said to the elders, Wait here for us until we return to you. Both Aaron and
aHur are here with you; whoever has a cause, let him come near to them.
Exo. 24
:15
24:15
And Moses went up to
the top of the mountain, and the
acloud covered the mountain.
Exo. 24
:16
24:16
And the
aglory of Jehovah settled 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.
Exo. 24
:17
24:17
And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like consuming
afire on the top of the mountain to the eyes of the children of Israel.
Exo. 24
:18
24:18
And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain
1aforty days and forty nights.
