Exodus 24:6–18

⁶And Moses ^gtook half the blood and put it in basins, and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar. ⁷Then he ^htook the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the Lord has said we will do, and be obedient.” ⁸And Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is ⁱthe blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you according to all these words.”

On the Mountain with God

⁹Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, ¹⁰and they ^jsaw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of ^ksapphire stone, and it was like the ^lvery ²heavens in its clarity. ¹¹But on the nobles of the children of Israel He ^mdid not ³lay His hand. So ⁿthey saw God, and they ^oate and drank.

¹²Then the Lord said to Moses, ^p“Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you ^qtablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them.”

¹³So Moses arose with ^rhis assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God. ¹⁴And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we come back to you. Indeed, Aaron and ^sHur are with you. If any man has a difficulty, let him go to them.” ¹⁵Then Moses went up into the mountain, and ^ta cloud covered the mountain.

¹⁶Now ^uthe glory of the Lord rested 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 sight of the glory of the Lord was like ^va consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel. ¹⁸So Moses went into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mountain. And ^wMoses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.