7 Then he atook the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the Lord has said we will do, and be obedient.”
8 And Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is athe blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you according to all these words.”
On the Mountain with God
9 Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,
10 and they asaw the God of Israel. And therewas under His feet as it were a paved work of bsapphire stone, and it was like the cvery heavens in its clarity.
11 But on the nobles of the children of Israel He adid not lay His hand. So bthey saw God, and they cate and drank.
12 Then the Lord said to Moses, a“Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you btablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them.”
13 So Moses arose with ahis assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.
14 And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we come back to you. Indeed, Aaron and aHur are with you. If any man has a difficulty, let him go to them.”
15 Then Moses went up into the mountain, and aa cloud covered the mountain.
16 Now athe glory of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day He called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
17 The sight of the glory of the Lordwas like aa consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
18 So Moses went into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mountain. And aMoses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
It would appear that Moses, Aaron with his two sons, and seventy of the elders Exodus 19:7 went a short distance up the mountain to eat the meal of the covenant (compare Genesis 31:43-47), which must have consisted of the flesh of the peace offerings Exodus 24:5. Joshua accompanied Moses as his servant Exodus 24:13.
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