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Exodus chapter 24

Then he said to Moses, “Come up to Yahweh — you, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s . at a distance,but only Moses is to Yahweh directly. The others must not come close, and the people must not come up with him at all.”Moses went and told the people everything Yahweh had said and all his . The people all answered together, “We will do everything Yahweh has said.”Moses wrote down everything Yahweh had said. He got up early the next morning and built an at the base of the mountain, along with twelve — one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.He sent young Israelite men to offer and to sacrifice young bulls as to Yahweh.Moses took half the and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed against the altar.Then he took the and read it out loud to the people. They said, “We will do everything Yahweh has said. We will obey.”Moses then took the blood and splashed it on the people, saying, “This is the that Yahweh has made with you, based on all these .”Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders went up,and they the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of , as clear and blue as the sky itself.God the of Israel. They saw God, and they together.Yahweh said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay here. I will give you the — the and commands I have written to teach them.”So Moses set out with Joshua his , and Moses went up the mountain of God.He told the elders, “Wait here for us until we come back. Aaron and Hur are with you — anyone with a can go to them.”Then Moses went up the mountain, and the covered it.The visible of Yahweh on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered the mountain for six days. On the seventh day, Yahweh called to Moses from inside the cloud.To the Israelites below, the visible glory of Yahweh looked like a on top of the mountain.Moses entered the cloud and went up the mountain. He stayed on the mountain for .