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People Affirm Their Covenant with God

¹ Then He said to Moses, "^(C1)Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, ^(C2)Nadab and Abihu, and ^(C3)seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall worship at a distance.² "Moses alone, however, shall approach the LORD, but they shall not approach, nor shall the people come up with him."

³ Then Moses came and reported to the people all the words of the LORD and all the ^(F1)ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice and said, "^(C1)All the words which the LORD has spoken we will do!"⁴ And ^(C1)Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Then he got up early in the morning, and built an ^(C2)altar ^(F1)at the foot of the mountain with twelve memorial stones for the twelve tribes of Israel.⁵ And he sent young men of the sons of Israel, ^(C1)and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.^6 (C1)Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.⁷ Then he took ^(C1)the Book of the Covenant and read it ^(F1)as the people listened; and they said, "^(C2)All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient!"⁸ So ^(C1)Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Behold ^(C2)the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has ^(F1)made with you ^(F2)in accordance with all these words."

⁹ Then Moses went up ^(F1)with Aaron, ^(C1)Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,¹⁰ and ^(C1)they saw the God of Israel; and under His feet ^(F1)(C2)there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, ^(F2)as clear as the sky itself.¹¹ Yet He did not reach out with His hand against the nobles of the sons of Israel; and ^(C1)they saw God, and they ate and drank.

¹² Now the LORD said to Moses, "Come up to Me on the mountain and ^(F1)stay there, and ^(C1)I will give you the stone tablets ^(F2)with the Law and the ^(F3)commandments which I have written for their instruction."¹³ So Moses got up ^(F1)along with ^(C1)Joshua his ^(F2)servant, and Moses went up to ^(C2)the mountain of God.¹⁴ But to the elders he said, "^(C1)Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, ^(C2)Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever ^(F1)has a legal matter, have him approach them."¹⁵ Then Moses went up to the mountain, and ^(C1)the cloud covered the mountain.^16 (C1)The glory of the LORD ^(F1)settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day He ^(C2)called to Moses from the midst of the cloud.^17 (C1)And to the eyes of the sons of Israel, the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a ^(C2)consuming fire on the mountain top.¹⁸ Then Moses entered the midst of the cloud ^(F1)as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain for ^(C1)forty days and forty nights.