| New International Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 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 He said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall 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." | 2"Moses alone, however, shall come near to the LORD, but they shall not come near, nor shall the people come 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." | 3Then Moses came and recounted to the people all the words of the LORD and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words which 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. | 4Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Then he arose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain 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. | 5He sent young men of the sons 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 basins, and the other half of the blood 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 in the hearing of the people; and they said, "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 and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant, which 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; and under His feet there appeared to be a pavement 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. | 11Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the nobles of the sons of Israel; and they saw God, 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." | 12Now the LORD said to Moses, "Come up to Me on the mountain and remain there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandment which 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 arose with Joshua his servant, and Moses went up to 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." | 14But to the elders he said, "Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a legal matter, let him approach them." |
| 15When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, | 15Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. |
| 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. | 16The glory of the LORD rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day He called to Moses from the midst of the cloud. |
| 17To the Israelites the glory of the LORD looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain. | 17And to the eyes of the sons of Israel the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountain top. |
| 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 midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. |
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