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Exodus 24
New International Version

### The Covenant Confirmed

24 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron,(A) Nadab and Abihu,(B) and seventy of the elders(C) of Israel. You are to worship at a distance, 2 but Moses alone is to approach(D) the Lord; the others must not come near. And the people may not come up with him.”

3 When Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws,(E) they responded with one voice, “Everything the Lord has said we will do.”(F) 4 Moses then wrote(G) down everything the Lord had said.

He got up early the next morning and built an altar(H) at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars(I) representing the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings(J) and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings(K) to the Lord. 6 Moses(L) took half of the blood(M) and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed(N) against the altar. 7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant(O) and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey.”(P)

8 Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people(Q) and said, “This is the blood of the covenant(R) that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

9 Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders(S) of Israel went up 10 and saw(T) the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli,(U) as bright blue as the sky.(V) 11 But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw(W) God, and they ate and drank.(X)

12 The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone(Y) with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

13 Then Moses set out with Joshua(Z) his aide, and Moses went up on the mountain(AA) of God. 14 He said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we come back to you. Aaron and Hur(AB) are with you, and anyone involved in a dispute(AC) can go to them.”

15 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud(AD) covered it, 16 and the glory(AE) of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai.(AF) For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud.(AG) 17 To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire(AH) on top of the mountain. 18 Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty(AI) days and forty nights.(AJ)

#### Cross references

1. Exodus 24:1 : S Ex 19:24
2. Exodus 24:1 : S Ex 6:23
3. Exodus 24:1 : ver 9; Nu 11:16
4. Exodus 24:2 : Nu 12:6-8
5. Exodus 24:3 : S Ex 21:1; Gal 3:19
6. Exodus 24:3 : S Ex 19:8; Jos 24:24
7. Exodus 24:4 : S Ex 17:14
8. Exodus 24:4 : S Ge 8:20
9. Exodus 24:4 : S Ge 28:18; S Dt 27:2
10. Exodus 24:5 : Lev 1:3
11. Exodus 24:5 : S Ge 31:54
12. Exodus 24:6 : Ex 14:15; 32:31; Ps 99:6
13. Exodus 24:6 : Heb 9:18
14. Exodus 24:6 : Lev 1:11; 3:2, 8, 13; 5:9; Mt 26:28
15. Exodus 24:7 : 2Ki 23:2, 21; Heb 9:19
16. Exodus 24:7 : Ex 19:8; Jer 40:3; 42:6, 21; 43:2
17. Exodus 24:8 : Heb 9:19; 1Pe 1:2
18. Exodus 24:8 : Lev 26:3; Dt 5:2-3; Jos 24:25; 2Ki 11:17; Jer 11:4, 8; 31:32; 34:13; Zec 9:11; S Mt 26:28; S Lk 22:20; Heb 9:20*
19. Exodus 24:9 : S ver 1
20. Exodus 24:10 : S Ge 16:13; Nu 12:6; Isa 6:1; Eze 1:1; 8:3; 40:2; S Jn 1:18
21. Exodus 24:10 : Job 28:16; Isa 54:11; Eze 1:26; 10:1
22. Exodus 24:10 : Rev 4:3
23. Exodus 24:11 : S ver 10; S Ex 3:6; S 19:21
24. Exodus 24:11 : Eze 44:3; Mt 26:29
25. Exodus 24:12 : Ex 31:18; 32:15-16; 34:1, 28, 29; Dt 4:13; 5:22; 8:3; 9:9, 10, 11; 10:4; 2Co 3:3
26. Exodus 24:13 : S Ex 17:9
27. Exodus 24:13 : S Ex 3:1
28. Exodus 24:14 : S Ex 17:10
29. Exodus 24:14 : Ex 18:16
30. Exodus 24:15 : S Ex 19:9; Mt 17:5
31. Exodus 24:16 : S Ex 16:7; Lev 9:23; Nu 14:10; 1Sa 4:21, 22; Eze 8:4; 11:22
32. Exodus 24:16 : S Ex 19:11
33. Exodus 24:16 : Ps 99:7
34. Exodus 24:17 : S Ex 15:7; S 19:18; Heb 12:18, 29
35. Exodus 24:18 : 1Ki 19:8
36. Exodus 24:18 : S Ge 7:4; Mt 4:2

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