| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance. | 1Then He said to Moses, "Go up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and 70 of Israel's elders, and bow in worship at a distance. |
| 2Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.” | 2Moses alone is to approach the LORD, but the others are not to approach, and the people are not to go up with him." |
| 3When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.” | 3Moses came and told the people all the commands of the LORD and all the ordinances. Then all the people responded with a single voice, "We will do everything that the LORD has commanded." |
| 4And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. | 4And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. He rose early the next morning and set up an altar and 12 pillars for the 12 tribes of Israel at the base of the mountain. |
| 5Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD. | 5Then he sent out young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as fellowship offerings to the LORD. |
| 6Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar. | 6Moses took half the blood and set it in basins; the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. |
| 7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.” | 7He then took the covenant scroll and read it aloud to the people. They responded, "We will do and obey everything that the LORD has commanded." |
| 8So Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.” | 8Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you concerning all these words." |
| 9Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, | 9Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and 70 of Israel's elders, |
| 10and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself. | 10and they saw the God of Israel. Beneath His feet was something like a pavement made of sapphire stone, as clear as the sky itself. |
| 11But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank. | 11God did not harm the Israelite nobles; they saw Him, and they ate and drank. |
| 12Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.” | 12The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to Me on the mountain and stay there so that I may give you the stone tablets with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction." |
| 13So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God. | 13So Moses arose with his assistant Joshua and went up the mountain of God. |
| 14And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.” | 14He told the elders, "Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute should go to them." |
| 15When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, | 15When Moses went up the mountain, the cloud covered it. |
| 16and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud. | 16The glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day He called to Moses from the cloud. |
| 17And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites. | 17The appearance of the LORD's glory to the Israelites was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop. |
| 18Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights. | 18Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he remained on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights. |
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