2 Mosebog 24

1 Og han sagde til Moses: »Stig op til HERREN, du og Aron, Nadab og Abihu og halvfjerdsindstyve af Israels Ældste, og tilbed i Frastand;

And he said to Moses: Come up to the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of Israel, and you shall adore afar off.

2 Moses alene skal træde hen til HERREN, de andre ikke, og det øvrige Folk maa ikke følge med ham derop.«

And Moses alone shall come up to the Lord, but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people come up with him.

3 Derpaa kom Moses og kundgjorde hele Folket alle HERRENS Ord og alle Lovbudene, og hele Folket svarede enstemmigt: »Alle de Ord, HERREN har talet, vil vi overholde.«

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: We will do all the words of the Lord, which he hath spoken.

4 Da skrev Moses alle HERRENS Ord op; og tidligt næste Morgen rejste han ved Foden af Bjerget et Alter og tolv Stenstøtter svarende til Israels tolv Stammer.

And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord: and rising in the morning he built an altar at the foot of the mount, and twelve titles according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

5 Derefter sendte han de unge Mænd blandt Israeliterne hen for at bringe Brændofre og slagte unge Tyre som Takofre til HERREN.

And he sent young men of the children of Israel, and they offered holocausts, and sacrificed pacific victims of calves to the Lord.

6 Og Moses tog den ene Halvdel af Blodet og gød det i Offerskaalene, men den anden Halvdel sprængte han paa Alteret.

Then Moses took half of the blood, and put it into bowls: and the rest he poured upon the altar.

7 Saa tog han Pagtsbogen og læste den op i Folkets Paahør, og de sagde: »Vi vil gøre alt, hvad HERREN har talet, og lyde ham!«

And taking the book of the covenant, he read it in the hearing of the people: and they said: All things that the Lord hath spoken we will do, we will be obedient.

8 Derpaa tog Moses Blodet og sprængte det paa Folket, idet han sagde: »Se, dette er Pagtens Blod, den Pagt, HERREN har sluttet med eder paa Grundlag af alle disse Ord.«

And he took the blood and sprinkled it upon the people, and he said: This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.

9 Og Moses, Aron, Nadab og Abihu og halvfjerdsindstyve af Israels Ældste steg op

Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of Israel went up:

10 og skuede Israels Gud; under hans Fødder var der ligesom Safirfliser, som selve Himmelen i Straaleglans.

And they saw the God of Israel: and under his feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as the heaven, when clear.

11 Men han lagde ikke Haand paa Israeliternes ypperste Mænd. De skuede Gud, og de spiste og drak.

Neither did he lay his hand upon those of the children of Israel, that retired afar off, and they saw God, and they did eat and drink.

12 Og HERREN sagde til Moses: »Stig op til mig paa Bjerget og bliv der, saa vil jeg give dig Stentavlerne, Loven og Budet, som jeg har opskrevet til Vejledning for dem.«

And the Lord said to Moses: Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and the law, and the commandments which I have written: that thou mayst teach them.

13 Da bød Moses og Josua, hans Medhjælper op, og Moses steg op paa Guds Bjerg;

Moses rose up, and his minister Josue: and Moses going up into the mount of God,

14 men til de Ældste sagde han: »Vent paa os her, til vi kommer tilbage til eder. Se, Aron og Hur er hos eder; er der nogen, der har en Retstrætte, kan han henvende sig til dem!«

Said to the ancients: Wait ye here till we return to you. You have Aaron and Hur with you: if any question shall arise, you shall refer it to them.

15 Derpaa steg Moses op paa Bjerget. Da indhyllede Skyen Bjerget,

And when Moses was gone up, a cloud covered the mount.

16 og HERRENS Herlighed nedlod sig paa Sinaj Bjerg. Og Skyen indhyllede Sinaj Bjerg i seks Dage, men den syvende Dag raabte HERREN ud fra Skyen til Moses;

And the glory of the Lord dwelt upon Sinai, covering it with a cloud six days: and the seventh day he called him out of the midst of the cloud.

17 og medens HERRENS Herlighed viste sig for Israeliternes Øjne som en fortærende Ild paa Bjergets Top,

And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like a burning fire upon the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Israel.

18 gik Moses ind i Skyen og steg op paa Bjerget. Og Moses blev paa Bjerget i fyrretyve Dage og fyrretyve Nætter.

And Moses, entering into the midst of the cloud, went up into the mountain: and he was there forty days, and forty nights.