Exod 24
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And he said to Moses, Come up to YHWH, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy
of the elders of Israel; and worship you afar off:
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and Moses alone shall come near to YHWH; but they shall not come near; neither shall
the people go up with him.
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And Moses came and told the people all the words of YHWH, and all the ordinances:
and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which YHWH has
spoken will we do.
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And Moses wrote all the words of YHWH, and rose up early in the morning, and built
an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
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And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and
sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen to YHWH.
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And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled
on the altar.
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And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and
they said, All that YHWH has spoken will we do, and be obedient.
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And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood
of the covenant, which YHWH has made with you concerning all these words.
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Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel.
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And they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work
of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness.
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And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld
God, and did eat and drink.
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And YHWH said to Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give
you the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment, which I have written, that
you may teach them.
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And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
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And he said to the elders, Tarry you here for us, until we come again to you: and,
behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: whoever has a cause, let him come near to them.
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And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount.
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And the glory of YHWH abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and
the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
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And the appearance of the glory of YHWH was like devouring fire on the top of the
mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
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And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses
was in the mount forty days and forty nights.