1 ¶ God said to Moses, Come up to the LORD, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship at a distance.

2 Moses alone shall come near the LORD: the others shall not come near; and the people shall not come up with him.

3 So Moses went and told the people everything the LORD had said, including all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, saying, We will do everything that the LORD has said.

4 And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD, and rising early the next morning, built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, representing the twelve tribes of Israel.

5 Then he sent young men from the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD.

6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and sprinkled the other half of the blood on the altar.

7 Then he took the book of the covenant, and read it while the people listened: and they said, We will do everything that the LORD has said, and be obedient.

8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, This is the blood of the covenant, that the LORD has made with you concerning all these words.

9 ¶ Then Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up:

10 And they saw a vision of the God of Israel: and under his feet there was what looked like a pavement of sapphire, and it was as clear as the heavens.

11 And God did not harm the leaders of Israel: they saw God, and ate and drank.

12 ¶ And the LORD said to Moses, Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there: and I will give you stone tablets, with the law, and commandments that I have written; that you may teach them.

13 So Moses arose, with his assistant Joshua: and Moses went up into the mountain of God.

14 And he said to the elders, Wait here for us, until we come back to you: and, remember, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man has a case to settle, let him go to them.

15 Then Moses went up the mountain, and a cloud covered the mountain.

16 And the glory of the LORD rested on mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days: and on the seventh day God called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

17 And to the children of Israel the glory of the LORD looked like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain.

18 And Moses went into the cloud, as he went up the mountain: and Moses was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.