, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu,
and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.Exodus 24
24:1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto , thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu,
and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
24:2 And Moses alone shall come near : but they shall not come nigh; neither
shall the people go up with him.
24:3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of , and all the judgments:
and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which hath said
will we do.
24:4 And Moses wrote all the words of , and rose up early in the morning, and
builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of
Israel.
24:5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings,
and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto .
24:6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
24:7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and
they said, All that hath said will we do, and be obedient.
24:8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the
blood of the covenant, which hath made with you concerning all these words.
24:9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
24:10 And they saw the Elohim of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
24:11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw Elohim, and did eat and drink.
24:12 And said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I
will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that
thou mayest teach them.
24:13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of Elohim.
24:14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
24:15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
24:16 And the glory of 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.
24:17 And the sight of the glory of was like devouring fire on the top of the
mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
24:18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.