Exodus 24

1 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Come up to me—you, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders, and worship me at a distance.

And to Moses he said come up to Yahweh you and Aaron Nadab and Abihu and seventy of [the] elders of Israel and you will bow down from a distance.

2 Moses alone may come near to me. The others must not come near, nor may the people come up with him.”

And he will draw near Moses to only him to Yahweh and they not they will draw near and the people not they will come up with him.

3 Moses went and told the people all of Yahweh's words and decrees. All the people answered with one voice and said, “We will do all the words that Yahweh has said.”

And he went Moses and he recounted to the people all [the] words of Yahweh and all the judgments and it answered all the people a voice one and they said all the words which he has spoken Yahweh we will do.

4 Then Moses wrote down all of Yahweh's words. Early in the morning, Moses built an altar at the foot of the mountain and arranged twelve stone pillars, so that the stones would represent the twelve tribes of Israel.

And he wrote Moses all [the] words of Yahweh and he rose early in the morning and he built an altar under the mountain and two [plus] ten pillar[s] for two [plus] ten [the] tribes of Israel.

5 He sent some Israelite young men to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice fellowship offerings of oxen to Yahweh.

And he sent [the] young men of [the] people of Israel and they offered up burnt offerings and they sacrificed sacrifices peace offerings to Yahweh young bulls.

6 Moses took half of the blood and put it into basins; he sprinkled the other half onto the altar.

And he took Moses half of the blood and he put [it] in bowls and [the] half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

7 He took the book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people. They said, “We will do all that Yahweh has spoken. We will be obedient.”

And he took [the] book of the covenant and he read [it] aloud in [the] ears of the people and they said all that he has spoken Yahweh we will do and we may obey.

8 Then Moses took the blood and sprinkled it onto the people. He said, “This is the blood of the covenant that Yahweh has made with you by giving you this promise with all these words.”

And he took Moses the blood and he sprinkled [it] on the people and he said here! [the] blood of the covenant which he has made Yahweh with you on all the words these.

9 Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders went up the mountain.

And he went up Moses and Aaron Nadab and Abihu and seventy of [the] elders of Israel.

10 They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was a pavement made of sapphire stone, as clear as the sky itself.

And they saw [the] God of Israel and [was] under feet his like [the] working of pavement of sapphire and like [the] substance of the heavens to purity.

11 God did not lay a hand on the Israelite leaders. They saw God, and they ate and drank.

And against [the] nobles of [the] people of Israel not he stretched out hand his and they saw God and they ate and they drank.

12 Yahweh said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay there. I will give you the tablets of stone and the law and commandments that I have written, so that you may teach them.”

And he said Yahweh to Moses come up to me the mountain towards and be there so let me give to you [the] tablets of stone and the law and the commandment which I have written to teach them.

13 So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua and went up the mountain of God.

And he arose Moses and Joshua servant his and he went up Moses to [the] mountain of God.

14 Moses had said to the elders, “Stay here and wait for us until we come to you. Aaron and Hur are with you. If anyone has a dispute, let him go to them.”

And to the elders he said remain for us in this [place] until that we will return to you and here! Aaron and Hur [are] with you whoever [is] a master of matters he will draw near to them.

15 So Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered it.

And he went up Moses to the mountain and it covered the cloud the mountain.

16 Yahweh's glory settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud.

And it settled down [the] glory of Yahweh on [the] mountain of Sinai and it covered it the cloud six days and he summoned Moses on the day seventh from [the] middle of the cloud.

17 The appearance of Yahweh's glory was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the Israelites.

And [the] appearance of [the] glory of Yahweh [was] like a fire consuming on [the] top of the mountain to [the] eyes of [the] people of Israel.

18 Moses entered the cloud and went up the mountain. He was up the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

And he went Moses in [the] midst of the cloud and he went up to the mountain and he was Moses on the mountain forty day[s] and forty night[s].