Exodus 24:1-11
Yahweh Cuts His Covenant with Israel
24Then He said to Moses, “aCome up to Yahweh, you and Aaron, bNadab and Abihu and cseventy of the elders of Israel, and you all shall worship at a distance. 2“Moses alone, however, shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.”
3Then Moses came and recounted to the people all the words of Yahweh and all the judgments; and all the people answered with one voice and said, “aAll the words which Yahweh has spoken we will do!” 4aAnd Moses wrote down all the words of Yahweh. Then he arose early in the morning and built an baltar 1at the foot of the mountain with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. 5And he sent young men of the sons of Israel, aand they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to Yahweh. 6aAnd Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half of the blood he 1sprinkled on the altar. 7Then he took athe book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, “bAll that Yahweh has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient!” 8So aMoses took the blood and 1sprinkled it on the people and said, “Behold bthe blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has cut with you 2in accordance with all these words.”
9Then Moses went up 1with Aaron, aNadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, 10and athey saw the God of Israel; and under His feet 1,bthere appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, 2as clear as the sky itself. 11Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the nobles of the sons of Israel; and athey beheld God, and they ate and drank.