The Covenant Ceremony
1 And he said to Moses, Come up to Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy from the old men of Israel; and worship from far off.
1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
1 Then He said to Moses, “(A)Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, (B)Nadab and Abihu and (C)seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall worship at a distance.
1 Then He said to Moses, “Go up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and 70 of Israel’s elders,(A) and bow in worship at a distance.
1 The LORD told Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and 70 of the elders of Israel, and worship at a distance.
2 And Moses alone drawing near to Jehovah: and they shall not draw near; and the people shall not go up with him.
2 And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go 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.”
2 Moses alone is to approach the Lord, but the others are not to approach, and the people are not to go up with him.”
2 Only Moses is to approach the LORD, but the others are not to approach; the people are not to come up with him."
3 And Moses will come and recount to the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments: and all the people will answer with one voice, and will say, All the words which Jehovah spake, we will do.
3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.
3 Then Moses came and recounted to the people all the words of the Lord and all the (a)ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice and said, “(D)All the words which the Lord has spoken we will do!”
3 Moses came and told the people all the commands of the Lord and all the ordinances. Then all the people responded with a single voice, “We will do everything that the Lord has commanded.”(B)
3 Then Moses came and reported all the words of the LORD and all the statutes to the people, and they all answered with one voice, "We will do everything that the LORD has decreed."
4 And Moses will write all the words of Jehovah, and he will rise early in the morning, and will build an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
4 (E)Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. Then he arose early in the morning, and built an (F)altar (b)at the foot of the mountain with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
4 And Moses wrote(C) down all the words of the Lord. He rose early the next morning and set up an altar and 12 pillars for the 12 tribes of Israel at the base of the mountain.
4 So Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. He got up early in the morning and built an altar with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel at the base of the mountain.
5 And he will send forth young men sons of Israel, and they will bring up burnt-offerings, and they will sacrifice sacrifices of peace to Jehovah of bullocks.
5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.
5 He sent young men of the sons of Israel, (G)and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the Lord.
5 Then he sent out young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as fellowship offerings to the Lord.
5 He sent young Israeli men to offer up burnt offerings and sacrifice bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
6 And Moses will take half of the blood, and put in basins; and half the blood he sprinkled upon the altar.
6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
6 (H)Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
6 Moses took half the blood and set it in basins; the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
6 Moses took half the blood and put it in bowls, while he sprinkled the other half on the altar.
7 And he will take the book of the covenant and read in the ears of the people: and they will say, All which Jehovah spake we will do, and we will heed.
7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
7 Then he took (I)the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, “(J)All that the Lord has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient!”
7 He then took the covenant scroll and read it aloud to the people. They responded, “We will do and obey everything that the Lord has commanded.”
7 He took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They said, "We will put into practice and obey everything that the LORD has decreed."
8 And Moses will take the blood, and sprinkle upon the people, and will say, Behold the blood of the covenant, which Jehovah made with you concerning all these words.
8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
8 So (K)Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Behold (L)the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has (c)made with you (d)in accordance with all these words.”
8 Moses took the blood, 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.”(D)
8 Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD made with you based on all these words."
9 And Moses will go up, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy from the old men of Israel
9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
9 Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and 70 of Israel’s elders,
9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and 70 of the elders of Israel went up
10 And they will see the God of Israel: and under his feet as the work of the whiteness of sapphire, and as the body of the heavens for cleanness.
10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
10 and (N)they saw the God of Israel; and under His feet (f)(O)there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, (g)as clear as the sky itself.
10 and they saw(E) the God of Israel. Beneath His feet was something like a pavement made of sapphire(a) stone, as clear as the sky itself.(F)
10 and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky.
11 And to the sides of the sons of Israel he stretched not forth his hand: and they will see God, and eat and drink.
11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
11 Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the nobles of the sons of Israel; and (P)they saw God, and they ate and drank.
11 Because God did not punish the Israeli leaders, they looked at God, yet lived to eat and drink.
Forty Days And Nights On Mount Sinai
12 And Jehovah will say to Moses, Come up to me to the mountain, and be there: and I will give to thee tablets of stone, and the law and the commands which I wrote, to teach them.
12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
12 Now the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and (h)remain there, and (Q)I will give you the stone tablets (i)with the law and the commandment which I have written for their instruction.”
12 The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay there so that I may give you the stone tablets(H) with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
12 Then the LORD told Moses, "Go up to me on the mountain and stay there. I'll give you stone tablets with the instruction and law that I've written to teach the people."
14 And he said to the old men, Abide for us here, till when we shall turn back to you: and behold, Aaron and Hur with you; whoever having words shall draw near to them.
14 And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
14 But to the elders he said, “(T)Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, (U)Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever (l)has a legal matter, let him approach them.”
14 He told the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute should go to them.”
14 He told the elders, "Wait here for us until we return to you. Look, Aaron and Hur are with you, and whoever has a dispute, let him come to them."
Moses Meets With God
16 And the glory of Jehovah will settle down upon mount Sinai, and the cloud will cover it six days: and he will call to Moses in the seventh day from the midst of the cloud.
16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
16 (W)The glory of the Lord (m)rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day He (X)called to Moses from the midst of the cloud.
16 The glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day He called to Moses from the cloud.(K)
16 The glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. Then on the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud.
17 And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah as consuming fire upon the head of the, mountain in the eyes of the sons of Israel.
17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
17 (Y)And to the eyes of the sons of Israel the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a (Z)consuming fire on the mountain top.
17 The appearance of the Lord’s glory to the Israelites was like a consuming fire(L) on the mountaintop.
17 To the Israelis the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on top of the mountain.
18 And Moses will come into the midst of the cloud, and will go up to the mountain: and Moses will be in the mountain forty days and forty nights.
18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
18 Moses entered the midst of the cloud (n)as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain (AA)forty days and forty nights.
18 Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain, and he remained on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights.(M)
18 When Moses went up on the mountain, he went into the center of the cloud and was on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights.