| King James Bible | NET Bible |
| 1And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. | 1But to Moses the LORD said, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from a distance. |
| 2And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. | 2Moses alone may come near the LORD, but the others must not come near, nor may the people go up with him." |
| 3And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do. | 3Moses came and told the people all the LORD's words and all the decisions. All the people answered together, "We are willing to do all the words that the LORD has said," |
| 4And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. | 4and Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early in the morning he built an altar at the foot of the mountain and arranged twelve standing stones--according to the twelve tribes of Israel. |
| 5And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. | 5He sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls for peace offerings to the LORD. |
| 6And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. | 6Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and half of the blood he splashed on the altar. |
| 7And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. | 7He took the Book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people, and they said, "We are willing to do and obey all that the LORD has spoken." |
| 8And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words. | 8So Moses took the blood and splashed 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." |
| 9Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: | 9Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up, |
| 10And they saw the God 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. | 10and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was something like a pavement made of sapphire, clear like the sky itself. |
| 11And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. | 11But he did not lay a hand on the leaders of the Israelites, so they saw God, and they ate and they drank. |
| 12And the LORD 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. | 12The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to me to the mountain and remain there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandments that I have written, so that you may teach them." |
| 13And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God. | 13So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant, and Moses went up the mountain of God. |
| 14And 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. | 14He told the elders, "Wait for us in this place until we return to you. Here are Aaron and Hur with you. Whoever has any matters of dispute can approach them." |
| 15And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. | 15Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. |
| 16And the glory of the LORD 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. | 16The glory of the LORD resided on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud. |
| 17And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. | 17Now the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in plain view of the people. |
| 18And 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. | 18Moses went into the cloud when he went up the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. |
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