| New International Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Then the LORD said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. You are to worship at a distance, | 1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance. |
| 2but Moses alone is to approach the LORD; the others must not come near. And the people may not come up with him." | 2Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.” |
| 3When Moses went and told the people all the LORD's words and laws, they responded with one voice, "Everything the LORD has said we will do." | 3When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.” |
| 4Moses then wrote down everything the LORD had said. He got up early the next morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel. | 4And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. |
| 5Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings to the LORD. | 5Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD. |
| 6Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed against the altar. | 6Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar. |
| 7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, "We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey." | 7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.” |
| 8Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words." | 8So Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.” |
| 9Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up | 9Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, |
| 10and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as bright blue as the sky. | 10and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself. |
| 11But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw God, and they ate and drank. | 11But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank. |
| 12The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction." | 12Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.” |
| 13Then Moses set out with Joshua his aide, and Moses went up on the mountain of God. | 13So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God. |
| 14He said to the elders, "Wait here for us until we come back to you. Aaron and Hur are with you, and anyone involved in a dispute can go to them." | 14And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.” |
| 15When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, | 15When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, |
| 16and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud. | 16and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud. |
| 17To the Israelites the glory of the LORD looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain. | 17And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites. |
| 18Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. | 18Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights. |
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