Exodus 24

ve'el-mosheh amar aleh el-Adonai attah ve'aharon nadav va'avihu veshivim mizziqne yisra'el vehishtakhavitem merakhoq

Then Moses was told, “Come up to GOD, with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy elders of Israel, and bow low from afar.

veniggash mosheh levaddo el-Adonai vehem lo yiggashu veha'am lo ya'alu immo

Moses alone shall come near GOD; but the others shall not come near, nor shall the people come up with him.”

vayyavo mosheh vayesapper la'am et kol-divre Adonai ve'et kol-hammishpatim vayya'an kol-ha'am qol ekhad vayyomeru kol-haddevarim asher-dibber Adonai na'aseh

Moses went and repeated to the people all GOD’s commands and all the rules; and all the people answered with one voice, saying, “All the things that GOD has commanded we will do!”

vayyikhtov mosheh et kol-divre Adonai vayyashkem babboqer vayyiven mizbeakh takhat hahar ushetem esreh matsevah lishnem asar shivte yisra'el

Moses then wrote down all GOD’s commands. Early in the morning, he set up an altar at the foot of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

vayyishlakh et-na'are bene yisra'el vayya'alu olot vayyizbekhu zevakhim shelamim la-Adonai parim

He designated some assistants among the Israelites, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as offerings of well-being to GOD.

vayyiqqakh mosheh khatsi haddam vayyasem ba'agganot vakhatsi haddam zaraq al-hammizbeakh

Moses took one part of the blood and put it in basins, and the other part of the blood he dashed against the altar.

vayyiqqakh sefer habberit vayyiqra be'ozne ha'am vayyomeru kol asher-dibber Adonai na'aseh venishma

Then he took the record of the covenant and read it aloud to the people. And they said, “All that GOD has spoken we will faithfully do!”

vayyiqqakh mosheh et-haddam vayyizroq al-ha'am vayyomer hinneh dam-habberit asher karat Adonai immakhem al kol-haddevarim ha'elleh

Moses took the blood and dashed it on the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that GOD now makes with you concerning all these commands.”

vayya'al mosheh ve'aharon nadav va'avihu veshivim mizziqne yisra'el

Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy elders of Israel ascended;

vayyiru et elohe yisra'el vetakhat raglayw kema'aseh livnat hassappir ukhe'etsem hashamayim latohar

and they saw the God of Israel—under whose feet was the likeness of a pavement of sapphire, like the very sky for purity.

ve'el-atsile bene yisra'el lo shalakh yado vayyekhezu et-ha'elohim vayyokhelu vayyishtu

Yet [God] did not raise a hand against the leaders of the Israelites; they beheld God, and they ate and drank.

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh aleh elay haharah vehyeh-sham ve'ettenah lekha et-lukhot ha'even vehattorah vehammitsvah asher katavti lehorotam

GOD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and wait there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the teachings and commandments that I have inscribed to instruct them.”

vayyaqom mosheh vihoshua meshareto vayya'al mosheh el-har ha'elohim

So Moses and his attendant Joshua arose, and Moses ascended the mountain of God.

ve'el-hazzeqenim amar shevu-lanu vazeh ad asher-nashuv alekhem vehinneh aharon vekhur immakhem mi-va'al devarim yiggash alehem

To the elders he had said, “Wait here for us until we return to you. You have Aaron and Hur with you; let anyone who has a legal matter approach them.”

vayya'al mosheh el-hahar vayekhas he'anan et-hahar

When Moses had ascended the mountain, the cloud covered the mountain.

vayyishkon kevod-Adonai al-har sinay vayekhassehu he'anan sheshet yamim vayyiqra el-mosheh bayyom hashevi'i mittokh he'anan

The Presence of GOD settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud hid it for six days. On the seventh day Moses was called from the midst of the cloud.

umareh kevod Adonai ke'esh okhelet berosh hahar le'ene bene yisra'el

Now the Presence of GOD appeared in the sight of the Israelites as a consuming fire on the top of the mountain.

vayyavo mosheh betokh he'anan vayya'al el-hahar vayehi mosheh bahar arba'im yom ve'arba'im layelah

Moses went inside the cloud and ascended the mountain; and Moses remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.