1And God said to Moses, “Come up here with Me, you, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and they are to worship from a distance. 2Only Moses is to approach the LORD; but none of the others may come near; nor may the people come up with him.” 3When Moses went and told the people all the words and instructions of the LORD, all the people responded with one voice, and said, “All that the LORD has said, we will do.” 4And Moses wrote down all that the LORD had said, and arose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain; and set up twelve pillars, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel. 5And he sent young Israelite men, who offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. 6And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 7And he took the book of the covenant, and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, “All that the LORD has said we will do, and will be obedient.” 8And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Behold, this is the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made with you concerning all these words.”

9Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the seventy of the elders of Israel went up, 10And they saw the God of Israel: under His feet was something like a paved work of sapphire stone, and as bright blue as the sky, itself. 11 And these men of Israel saw God, He did not raise His hand against any of them; they did see God, and they ate and drank.

12And the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me onto the mount, and stay there; and I will give you stone tablets upon which I have written the law, and commandments, which you may teach them.” 13And Moses arose, with his aide, Joshua; and went up into the mount of God. 14And he told the elders, “Wait here for us, until we return to you again. Aaron and Hur are with you; if anyone has any matters to deal with, let him come to them.” 15And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. 16And the glory of the LORD settled upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day God called to Moses out of the middle of the cloud. 17And to the eyes of the Israelites, the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the top of the mount. 18And Moses entered the cloud, and went on up into the mount; and Moses stayed on the mount forty days and forty nights.