| Holman Christian Standard Bible | English Standard Version |
| 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. | 1Then he said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar. |
| 2Moses alone is to approach the LORD, but the others are not to approach, and the people are not to go up with him." | 2Moses alone shall come near to the LORD, but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.” |
| 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." | 3Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the rules. And all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words that the LORD has spoken we will do.” |
| 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. | 4And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. |
| 5Then he sent out young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as fellowship offerings to the LORD. | 5And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD. |
| 6Moses took half the blood and set it in basins; the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. | 6And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar. |
| 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." | 7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.” |
| 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." | 8And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.” |
| 9Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and 70 of Israel's elders, | 9Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, |
| 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. | 10and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. |
| 11God did not harm the Israelite nobles; they saw Him, and they ate and drank. | 11And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank. |
| 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." | 12The LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.” |
| 13So Moses arose with his assistant Joshua and went up the mountain of God. | 13So Moses rose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God. |
| 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." | 14And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever has a dispute, let him go to them.” |
| 15When Moses went up the mountain, the cloud covered it. | 15Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. |
| 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. | 16The glory of the LORD dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. |
| 17The appearance of the LORD's glory to the Israelites was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop. | 17Now the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. |
| 18Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he remained on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights. | 18Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. |
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