| International Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1The LORD told Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and 70 of the elders of Israel, and worship at a distance. | 1Then the LORD instructed Moses: “Come up here to me, and bring along Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders. All of you must worship from a distance. |
| 2Only Moses is to approach the LORD, but the others are not to approach; the people are not to come up with him." | 2Only Moses is allowed to come near to the LORD. The others must not come near, and none of the other people are allowed to climb up the mountain with him.” |
| 3Then Moses came and reported all the words of the LORD and all the statutes to the people, and they all answered with one voice, "We will do everything that the LORD has decreed." | 3Then Moses went down to the people and repeated all the instructions and regulations the LORD had given him. All the people answered with one voice, “We will do everything the LORD has commanded.” |
| 4So Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. He got up early in the morning and built an altar with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel at the base of the mountain. | 4Then Moses carefully wrote down all the LORD’s instructions. Early the next morning Moses got up and built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He also set up twelve pillars, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel. |
| 5He sent young Israeli men to offer up burnt offerings and sacrifice bulls as peace offerings to the LORD. | 5Then he sent some of the young Israelite men to present burnt offerings and to sacrifice bulls as peace offerings to the LORD. |
| 6Moses took half the blood and put it in bowls, while he sprinkled the other half on the altar. | 6Moses drained half the blood from these animals into basins. The other half he splattered against the altar. |
| 7He took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They said, "We will put into practice and obey everything that the LORD has decreed." | 7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people. Again they all responded, “We will do everything the LORD has commanded. We will obey.” |
| 8Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD made with you based on all these words." | 8Then Moses took the blood from the basins and splattered it over the people, declaring, “Look, this blood confirms the covenant the LORD has made with you in giving you these instructions.” |
| 9Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and 70 of the elders of Israel went up | 9Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel climbed up the mountain. |
| 10and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky. | 10There they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there seemed to be a surface of brilliant blue lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself. |
| 11Because God did not punish the Israeli leaders, they looked at God, yet lived to eat and drink. | 11And though these nobles of Israel gazed upon God, he did not destroy them. In fact, they ate a covenant meal, eating and drinking in his presence! |
| 12Then the LORD told Moses, "Go up to me on the mountain and stay there. I'll give you stone tablets with the instruction and law that I've written to teach the people." | 12Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain. Stay there, and I will give you the tablets of stone on which I have inscribed the instructions and commands so you can teach the people.” |
| 13So Moses got up, along with Joshua his servant, and went up on the mountain of God. | 13So Moses and his assistant Joshua set out, and Moses climbed up the mountain of God. |
| 14He told the elders, "Wait here for us until we return to you. Look, Aaron and Hur are with you, and whoever has a dispute, let him come to them." | 14Moses told the elders, “Stay here and wait for us until we come back. Aaron and Hur are here with you. If anyone has a dispute while I am gone, consult with them.” |
| 15When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it. | 15Then Moses climbed up the mountain, and the cloud covered it. |
| 16The glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. Then on the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud. | 16And the glory of the LORD settled down on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from inside the cloud. |
| 17To the Israelis the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on top of the mountain. | 17To the Israelites at the foot of the mountain, the glory of the LORD appeared at the summit like a consuming fire. |
| 18When Moses went up on the mountain, he went into the center of the cloud and was on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights. | 18Then Moses disappeared into the cloud as he climbed higher up the mountain. He remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights. |
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