Exodus 24

1 and to(wards) Moses to say to ascend: rise to(wards) LORD you(m. s.) and Aaron Nadab and Abihu and seventy from old: elder Israel and to bow from distant

Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Come to me, up [on top of this mountain], you and Aaron and [his sons] Nadab and Abihu. Also [take along] 70 of the Israeli elders/leaders. While you are still some distance [from the top of the mountain], prostrate yourselves [on the ground] and worship me.

2 and to approach: approach Moses to/for alone him to(wards) LORD and they(masc.) not to approach: approach and [the] people not to ascend: rise with him

Moses, [I will allow] you alone to come near to me. The others must not come near, and the [rest of the] people must not come up the mountain.”

3 and to come (in): come Moses and to recount to/for people [obj] all word LORD and [obj] all [the] justice: judgement and to answer all [the] people voice one and to say all [the] word which to speak: speak LORD to make: do

Moses/I went and told the people everything that Yahweh had said and all that he had commanded. The people all replied together, saying, “We will do everything that Yahweh has told us [to do].”

4 and to write Moses [obj] all word LORD and to rise in/on/with morning and to build altar underneath: under [the] mountain: mount and two ten pillar to/for two ten tribe Israel

Then Moses/I wrote down everything that Yahweh had commanded. Early the next morning Moses/I built a [stone] altar. He/I also set up twelve stones, one for each of the Israeli tribes.

5 and to send: depart [obj] youth son: descendant/people Israel and to ascend: offer up burnt offering and to sacrifice sacrifice peace offering to/for LORD bullock

He/I also selected some young men. They burned sacrifices to Yahweh and they also sacrificed some cattle [that they did not burn completely], for the purpose of maintaining fellowship with Yahweh.

6 and to take: take Moses half [the] blood and to set: put in/on/with vessel and half [the] blood to scatter upon [the] altar

Moses/I took half of the blood of the animals that were slaughtered and put it in bowls. The other half of the blood [he/I] threw/splashed against the altar.

7 and to take: take scroll: book [the] covenant and to call: read out in/on/with ear: hearing [the] people and to say all which to speak: speak LORD to make: do and to hear: obey

Then he/I took the scroll on which he/I had written [everything that Yahweh had commanded in] the agreement that he had made, and he/I read it [aloud], while all the people were listening. Then all the people said, “We will do all that Yahweh has told us to do. We will obey [everything].”

8 and to take: take Moses [obj] [the] blood and to scatter upon [the] people and to say behold blood [the] covenant which to cut: make(covenant) LORD with you upon all [the] word [the] these

Then Moses/I took the blood [that was in the bowls] and threw/splashed it on the people. He/I said, “This is the blood [that (confirms/puts into effect)] the agreement that Yahweh made with you when he gave you all these commands.”

9 and to ascend: rise Moses and Aaron Nadab and Abihu and seventy from old: elder Israel

Then Moses/I, along with Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the 70 Israeli elders/leaders, went up [the mountain],

10 and to see: see [obj] God Israel and underneath: under foot his like/as deed: work brick [the] sapphire and like/as bone: same [the] heaven to/for purity

and they/we saw God, the one whom the Israeli people worship. Under his feet was something like a pavement [made of expensive blue stones called] sapphires. They were as clear as the sky is [when there are no clouds].

11 and to(wards) chief son: descendant/people Israel not to send: reach hand his and to see [obj] [the] God and to eat and to drink

God did not harm [MTY] those Israeli elders/leaders [because of their having seen him]. They saw God, and they ate and drank together! [Then we all went back down the mountain].

12 and to say LORD to(wards) Moses to ascend: rise to(wards) me [the] mountain: mount [to] and to be there and to give: give to/for you [obj] tablet [the] stone and [the] instruction and [the] commandment which to write to/for to show them

Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Come up to me [again] on [top of this] mountain. While you are here, I will give you [two] stone slabs on which I have written all the laws [DOU] that I have given to you to instruct/teach [the people].”

13 and to arise: rise Moses and Joshua to minister him and to ascend: rise Moses to(wards) mountain: mount [the] God

So Moses/I told the elders, “Stay here [with the other people] until we return! Do not forget that Aaron and Hur will be with you. So if anyone has a dispute [while I am gone], he can go to those two men.” Then Moses/I went with his/my servant Joshua [part of the way] up the mountain that [was dedicated to] God.

14 and to(wards) [the] old: elder to say to dwell to/for us in/on/with this till which to return: return to(wards) you and behold Aaron and Hur with you who? master: men word: case to approach: approach to(wards) them

15 and to ascend: rise Moses to(wards) [the] mountain: mount and to cover [the] cloud [obj] [the] mountain: mount

Then Moses/I went the [rest of the way] up the mountain. A cloud covered the mountain.

16 and to dwell glory LORD upon mountain: mount Sinai and to cover him [the] cloud six day and to call: call to to(wards) Moses in/on/with day [the] seventh from midst [the] cloud

The (glory/brilliant light) of Yahweh came down on the mountain and covered it for six days. On the seventh day, Yahweh called to Moses/me from the middle of the cloud.

17 and appearance glory LORD like/as fire to eat in/on/with head: top [the] mountain: mount to/for eye: seeing son: descendant/people Israel

When the Israeli people [looked at] the top of the mountain, the glory of Yahweh was like a big fire that was burning [there].

18 and to come (in): come Moses in/on/with midst [the] cloud and to ascend: rise to(wards) [the] mountain: mount and to be Moses in/on/with mountain: mount forty day and forty night

Moses/I went into the cloud on top of the mountain. He/I was there for 40 days and nights.