The Covenant Confirmed
1Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. You are to worship at a distance, 2but Moses alone is to approach the Lord; the others must not come near. And the people may not come up with him.”
3When Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws, they responded with one voice, “Everything the Lord has said we will do.” 4Moses then wrote down everything the Lord had said.
He got up early the next morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel. 5Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings to the Lord. 6Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed against the altar. 7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey.”
8Moses then 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.”
9Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up 10and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as bright blue as the sky. 11But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw God, and they ate and drank.
12The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
13Then Moses set out with Joshua his aide, and Moses went up on the mountain of God. 14He said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we come back to you. Aaron and Hur are with you, and anyone involved in a dispute can go to them.”
15When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, 16and the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud. 17To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain. 18Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
在西奈山立约
1耶和华又指示摩西说：“你和亚伦、拿答、亚比户及以色列的七十位长老上我这里来，远远地敬拜我。 2只有你可以靠近我，其他百姓都不得与你一同走近。”
3摩西下山把耶和华的话和法令都告诉百姓，百姓齐声回答：“我们愿意遵行耶和华的一切吩咐。” 4摩西把耶和华的这些话记录下来。他清早起来，在山脚筑了一座坛，立了十二根柱子，代表以色列的十二支派。 5他又吩咐以色列的青年去给耶和华献燔祭，又献上公牛作平安祭。 6摩西把祭牲的血一半放在盆里，一半洒在坛上。 7他又把约书念给百姓听，百姓听了都说：“我们愿意遵行耶和华的一切吩咐，我们愿意顺服。” 8摩西便把盆中的血洒在百姓身上，说：“这是立约的血，是耶和华按所说的话与你们立约的凭据。”
9之后，摩西、亚伦、拿答、亚比户及以色列的七十位长老便上了山。 10他们都看见了以色列的上帝，祂的脚下好像是一片蓝宝石，像天一样明净。 11上帝没有伸手杀这些以色列的首领，允许他们看见祂，在祂面前吃喝。
12耶和华对摩西说：“你上山到我这里来，留在这里，我要把写着律法和诫命的石版赐给你，你可以用来教导百姓。” 13于是，摩西带着他的助手约书亚动身上了上帝的山。 14离开之前，摩西吩咐长老说：“你们在这里等候我们回来。亚伦和户珥跟你们在一起，民中有什么诉讼的事情，可以去找他们。”
15摩西上了山，密云遮盖着整座山。 16耶和华的荣耀停留在西奈山上，密云遮盖了山六天。第七天，耶和华在云中召唤摩西。 17在以色列人眼中，耶和华的荣耀在山上好像烈火。 18摩西上到山上，走进云中，在那里停留了四十昼夜。
