| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. | 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. |
| 2And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. | 2Only Moses is to approach the LORD, but the others are not to approach; the people are not to come up with him." |
| 3And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do. | 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." |
| 4And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. | 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. |
| 5And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. | 5He sent young Israeli men to offer up burnt offerings and sacrifice bulls as peace offerings to the LORD. |
| 6And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. | 6Moses took half the blood and put it in bowls, while he sprinkled the other half on the altar. |
| 7And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. | 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." |
| 8And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words. | 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." |
| 9Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: | 9Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and 70 of the elders of Israel went up |
| 10And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. | 10and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky. |
| 11And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. | 11Because God did not punish the Israeli leaders, they looked at God, yet lived to eat and drink. |
| 12And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. | 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." |
| 13And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God. | 13So Moses got up, along with Joshua his servant, and went up on the mountain of God. |
| 14And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. | 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." |
| 15And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. | 15When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it. |
| 16And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. | 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. |
| 17And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. | 17To the Israelis the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on top of the mountain. |
| 18And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. | 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. |
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