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 unto Moses He said: 'Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye 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 near unto the LORD; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go 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.«
And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said: 'All the words which the Lord hath spoken will we do.'
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 rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, 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 the young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto the LORD.
6 Og Moses tog den ene Halvdel af Blodet og gød det i Offerskaalene, men den anden Halvdel sprængte han paa Alteret.
And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he dashed against 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 he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people; and they said: 'All that the LORD hath spoken will we do, and obey.'
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 Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said: 'Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you in agreement with all these words.'
9 Og Moses, Aron, Nadab og Abihu og halvfjerdsindstyve af Israels Ældste steg op
Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel;
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 there was under His feet the like of a paved work of sapphire stone, and the like of the very heaven for clearness.
11 Men han lagde ikke Haand paa Israeliternes ypperste Mænd. De skuede Gud, og de spiste og drak.
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel He laid not His hand; and they beheld God, and 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 unto Moses: 'Come up to Me into the mount and be there; and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment, which I have written, that thou mayest teach them.'
13 Da bød Moses og Josua, hans Medhjælper op, og Moses steg op paa Guds Bjerg;
And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister; and Moses went 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!«
And unto the elders he said: 'Tarry ye here for us, until we come back unto you; and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; whosoever hath a cause, let him come near unto them.'
15 Derpaa steg Moses op paa Bjerget. Da indhyllede Skyen Bjerget,
And Moses went up into the mount, and the 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 abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and the seventh day He called unto Moses 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 appearance of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on 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 entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount; and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
