Exodus 24

The Covenant Sealed

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance. ‡ Num 11:16Exo 6:23Lev 10:1-2Exo 19:24Exo 28:11Ch 6:3Exo 1:5Exo 19:20 +102 Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.” ‡ Exo 24:13Exo 24:15Exo 24:18Heb 10:21-22Heb 9:24Jer 30:21Jer 49:19Num 16:5 +1

3 When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.” ‡ Exo 19:8Exo 24:7Jos 24:22Deu 5:1Deu 6:1Deu 4:1Deu 4:45Deu 4:5 +5

4 And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. ‡ Deu 31:9Gen 28:18Gal 2:9Jos 4:8-9Luk 22:30Rev 21:141Ki 11:30Exo 20:24-26 +9

Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD. ‡ Exo 18:12Exo 19:22Lev 1:1-17Lev 3:1-17Lev 7:11-21

6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar. ‡ 1Pe 1:19Exo 24:8Heb 9:18Lev 4:61Pe 1:2Col 1:20Exo 12:22Exo 12:7 +77 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.” ‡ Deu 31:11-13Exo 24:3-4Heb 9:18-231Th 5:27Act 13:15Col 4:16Jer 7:23-24

8 So 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 in accordance with all these words.” ¹ ‡ Heb 10:4-5Exo 24:6Ezk 36:25Mat 26:281Co 11:25Heb 13:201Pe 1:2Heb 9:18-21 +6

9 Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, ‡ Exo 24:1 10 and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself. ‡ Jhn 1:18Ezk 10:1Exo 33:20Exo 33:23Ezk 1:26-28Gen 32:301Ti 6:16Isa 6:1-5 +1211 But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank. ‡ Exo 18:12Luk 15:23-24Gen 31:541Co 10:16-18Deu 12:7Ecc 9:7Exo 19:21Gen 16:13 +13

Moses on the Mountain

12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.” ‡ Deu 5:22Exo 31:18Exo 32:15-16Heb 9:42Co 3:3Jer 31:332Co 3:7Deu 4:14 +6

13 So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God. ‡ Exo 33:11Num 11:28Exo 17:9-14Exo 3:1Exo 32:17 14 And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.” ‡ Exo 17:12Exo 17:10Gen 22:51Sa 10:81Sa 13:8-13Exo 18:25-26Exo 32:1

15 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, ‡ Exo 19:9Mat 17:5Exo 19:162Ch 6:1 16 and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud. ‡ Exo 16:10Num 16:42Ezk 1:28Lev 9:232Co 4:6Exo 19:11Exo 20:10Exo 24:17 +317 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites. ‡ Heb 12:29Deu 4:24Deu 4:36Exo 3:2Heb 12:18Exo 19:18Hab 3:4-5Ezk 1:27 +1

18 Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights. ‡ Deu 9:9Deu 10:10Exo 34:28Deu 9:18Deu 9:251Ki 19:8Exo 19:20Exo 24:17 +6