Exodus 24
Smith's Literal Translation Par ▾ 

The Covenant Sealed

1And he said to Moses, Come up to Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy from the old men of Israel; and worship from far off. 2And Moses alone drawing near to Jehovah: and they shall not draw near; and the people shall not go up with him.

3And Moses will come and recount to the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments: and all the people will answer with one voice, and will say, All the words which Jehovah spake, we will do. 4And Moses will write all the words of Jehovah, and he will rise early in the morning, and will build an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. 5And he will send forth young men sons of Israel, and they will bring up burnt-offerings, and they will sacrifice sacrifices of peace to Jehovah of bullocks. 6And Moses will take half of the blood, and put in basins; and half the blood he sprinkled upon the altar. 7And he will take the book of the covenant and read in the ears of the people: and they will say, All which Jehovah spake we will do, and we will heed. 8And Moses will take the blood, and sprinkle upon the people, and will say, Behold the blood of the covenant, which Jehovah made with you concerning all these words.

9And Moses will go up, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy from the old men of Israel. 10And they will see the God of Israel: and under his feet as the work of the whiteness of sapphire, and as the body of the heavens for cleanness. 11And to the sides of the sons of Israel he stretched not forth his hand: and they will see God, and eat and drink.

Moses on the Mountain

12And Jehovah will say to Moses, Come up to me to the mountain, and be there: and I will give to thee tablets of stone, and the law and the commands which I wrote, to teach them. 13And Moses will rise up, and Joshua, his minister; and Moses will go up to the mountain of God. 14And he said to the old men, Abide for us here, till when we shall turn back to you: and behold, Aaron and Hur with you; whoever having words shall draw near to them. 15And Moses will go up to the mountain and the cloud will cover the mount. 16And the glory of Jehovah will settle down upon mount Sinai, and the cloud will cover it six days: and he will call to Moses in the seventh day from the midst of the cloud. 17And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah as consuming fire upon the head of the, mountain in the eyes of the sons of Israel. 18And Moses will come into the midst of the cloud, and will go up to the mountain: and Moses will be in the mountain forty days and forty nights.


The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. Smith

Section Headings Courtesy Berean Bible

Exodus 23
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