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1 Jehovah said to Moses: »You and Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders come up the mountain to me and worship at a distance.
2 »Moses alone may come near Jehovah. The others may not. The people must not come along with Moses.«
3 Moses told the people all Jehovah’s words and legal decisions. Then all the people answered with one voice: »We will do everything Jehovah told us to do.«
4 Moses wrote down all Jehovah’s words. Early the next morning he built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He erected twelve sacred stones for the twelve tribes of Israel.
5 Moses sent young men to burn sacrifices to Jehovah. They sacrificed some cattle as peace offerings.
6 Moses took half of the blood of the animals and put it in bowls. The other half he threw against the altar.
7 He took the book of the covenant, in which Jehovah’s commandments were written, and read it aloud to the people. They said: »We will obey Jehovah. We will do everything that he has commanded.«
8 Moses took the blood from the bowls and sprinkled it on the people. Next, he told them: With this blood Jehovah makes his agreement with you.
9 Moses and Aaron, together with Nadab and Abihu and the seventy leaders, went up the mountain.
10 They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something that looked like a pavement made out of sapphire. It was as bright as the sky.
11 Even though these leaders of Israel saw God, he did not punish them. So they ate and drank.
12 Jehovah said to Moses: »Come up on the mountain and stay here for a while. I will give you the two stone tablets on which I have written the laws that my people must obey.«