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Exodus 24

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Exodus 24 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

He said to Moses, “Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance.

ASV: 1ASV

And he said unto Moses, Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off:

WEB: 2WEB

Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near. The people shall not go up with him.”

ASV: 2ASV

and Moses alone shall come near unto Jehovah; but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him.

WEB: 3WEB

Moses came and told the people all Yahweh’s words, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, “All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do.”

ASV: 3ASV

And Moses came and told the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the ordinances: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which Jehovah hath spoken will we do.

WEB: 4WEB

Moses wrote all Yahweh’s words, then rose up early in the morning and built an altar at the base of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

ASV: 4ASV

And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

WEB: 5WEB

He sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle to Yahweh.

ASV: 5ASV

And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto Jehovah.

WEB: 6WEB

Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

ASV: 6ASV

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

WEB: 7WEB

He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, “We will do all that Yahweh has said, and be obedient.”

ASV: 7ASV

And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that Jehovah hath spoken will we do, and be obedient.

WEB: 8WEB

Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with you concerning all these words.”

ASV: 8ASV

And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which Jehovah hath made with you concerning all these words.

WEB: 9WEB

Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.

ASV: 9ASV

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

WEB: 10WEB

They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire , like the skies for clearness.

ASV: 10ASV

and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness.

WEB: 11WEB

He didn’t lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel. They saw God, and ate and drank.

ASV: 11ASV

And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.

WEB: 12WEB

Yahweh said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commands that I have written, that you may teach them.”

ASV: 12ASV

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment, which I have written, that thou mayest teach them.

WEB: 13WEB

Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God’s Mountain.

ASV: 13ASV

And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister: and Moses went up into the mount of God.

WEB: 14WEB

He said to the elders, “Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them.”

ASV: 14ASV

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: whosoever hath a cause, let him come near unto them.

WEB: 15WEB

Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

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And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount.

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Yahweh’s glory settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the middle of the cloud.

ASV: 16ASV

And the glory of Jehovah 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.

WEB: 17WEB

The appearance of Yahweh’s glory was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.

ASV: 17ASV

And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

WEB: 18WEB

Moses entered into the middle of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

ASV: 18ASV

And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.