¶ And he said unto Moses, Come up¹ unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab², and Abihu, and seventy³ of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

⁴And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.

And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments⁵: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words⁶ which the LORD hath said will we do.

And Moses wrote⁷ all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded⁸ an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars⁹, according¹⁰ to the twelve tribes of Israel.

And he sent young men¹¹ of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings¹², and sacrificed peace offerings¹³ of oxen unto the LORD.

And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he¹⁴ sprinkled on the altar¹⁵.

And he took the book¹⁶ of the covenant, and read¹⁷ in the audience of the people: and they said, All that¹⁸ the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.

And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled¹⁹ it on the people, and said, Behold²⁰ the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.

¶²¹Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

¶ And they saw²² the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone²³, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness²⁴.

And upon the nobles²⁵ of the children of Israel he laid not²⁶ his hand: also they saw²⁷ God, and did eat²⁸ and drink.

¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up²⁹ to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables³⁰ of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou³¹ mayest teach them.

And Moses rose up, and his minister³² Joshua: and Moses went up³³ into the mount of God.

And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye³⁴ here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur³⁵ are with you: if any man³⁶ have any matters to do, let him come unto them.

And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud³⁷ covered the mount.

And the glory³⁸ of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day³⁹ he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire⁴⁰ on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

And Moses went into⁴¹ the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days⁴² and forty nights.