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(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

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

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

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 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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

and to arise: rise Moses and Joshua to minister him and to ascend: rise Moses to(wards) mountain: mount [the] 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(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 So Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered it.

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

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 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

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

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

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