Exodus 24
Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and 70 elders ascended to the Lord, but only Moses was allowed to approach. Moses explained the Lord's words and judgments to the people, who agreed to obey, and he wrote down the Lord's words. Moses then built an altar, offered sacrifices, and sprinkled the blood of the covenant on the people. Afterward, Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the 70 elders saw the God of Israel and ate and drank, and the Lord instructed Moses to ascend the mountain to receive the law and commandments written on stone tablets.
He also said to Moses: "Ascend to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy elders out of Israel, and adore from a distanceAnd only Moses will ascend to the Lord, and these shall not approach. Neither shall the people ascend with him.Therefore, Moses went and explained to the people all the words of the Lord, as well as the judgments. And all the people responded with one voice: "We will do all the words of the Lord, which he has spoken.Then Moses wrote all the words of the Lord. And rising up in the morning, he built an altar at the base of the mountain, with twelve titles according to the twelve tribes of IsraelAnd he sent youths from the sons of Israel, and they offered holocausts, and they immolated calves as peace-offerings to the LordAnd so Moses took one half part of the blood, and he put it into bowls. Then the remaining part he poured over the altarAnd taking up the book of the covenant, he read it in the hearing of the people, who said: "All that the Lord has spoken, we will do, and we will be obedient.In truth, taking up the blood, he sprinkled it on the people, and he said, "This is the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has formed with you concerning all these words.And Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel ascendedAnd they saw the God of Israel. And under his feet was something like a work of sapphire stone, or like the sky, when it is sereneNeither did he lay his hand upon those of the sons of Israel who were at a distance. And they saw God, and they ate and drankThen the Lord said to Moses: "Ascend to me on the mountain, and be there. And I will give to you tablets of stone, and the law and the commandments that I have written. So may you teach them.Moses rose up, with Joshua his minister. And Moses, ascending on the mountain of Godsaid to the elders: "Wait here, until we return to you. You have Aaron and Hur with you. If any question arises, you shall refer it to them.And when Moses had ascended, a cloud covered the mountainAnd the glory of the Lord dwelt upon Sinai, covering it with a cloud for six days. And on the seventh day, he called to him from the middle of the mistNow the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a burning fire over the summit of the mountain in the sight of the sons of IsraelAnd Moses, entering into the midst of the cloud, ascended the mountain. And he was there for forty days and forty nights
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