الخروج 24 – NAV & NIRV

Ketab El Hayat

الخروج 24:1-18

تأكيد العهد

1ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «اصْعَدْ إِلَيَّ أَنْتَ وَهَرُونُ وَنَادَابُ وَأَبِيهُو، وَسَبْعُونَ مِنْ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلْيَسْجُدْ هَؤُلاءِ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ. 2لَا يَقْتَرِبْ إِلَيَّ أَحَدٌ سِوَاكَ، أَمَّا الآخَرُونَ فَيَبْقُونَ بَعِيداً. وَحَذَارِ أَنْ يَصْعَدَ الشَّعْبُ مَعَكَ».

3فَجَاءَ مُوسَى وَبَلَّغَ الشَّعْبَ بِكُلِّ كَلامِ الرَّبِّ وَأَحْكَامِهِ، فَأَجَابَ الشَّعْبُ بِصَوْتٍ وَاحِدٍ: «كُلُّ مَا أَمَرَنَا بِهِ الرَّبُّ نَفْعَلُ». 4فَكَتَبَ مُوسَى جَمِيعَ أَقْوَالِ الرَّبِّ، ثُمَّ بَكَّرَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ وَشَيَّدَ مَذْبَحاً عَلَى سَفْحِ الجَبَلِ، وَنَصَبَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ عَمُوداً عَلَى عَدَدِ أَسْبَاطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ. 5وَأَرْسَلَ بَعْضَ شُبَّانِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَقَدَّمُوا مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَقَرَّبُوا ذَبَائِحَ سَلامَةٍ لِلرَّبِّ مِنَ الْعُجُولِ، 6وَأَخَذَ مُوسَى نِصْفَ الدَّمِ وَاحْتَفَظَ بِهِ فِي طُسُوسٍ وَرَشَّ النِّصْفَ الْبَاقِي عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ. 7وَتَنَاوَلَ كِتَابَ الْعَهْدِ وَتَلاهُ عَلَى مَسَامِعِ الشَّعْبِ، فَقَالُوا: «كُلُّ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ نَفْعَلُهُ وَنُطِيعُهُ». 8ثُمَّ أَخَذَ مُوسَى الدَّمَ الَّذِي فِي الطُّسُوسِ وَرَشَّهُ عَلَى الشَّعْبِ قَائِلاً: «هُوَذَا دَمُ الْعَهْدِ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ الرَّبُّ مَعَكُمْ بِنَاءً عَلَى جَمِيعِ هَذِهِ الأَقْوَالِ».

9ثُمَّ صَعِدَ مُوسَى وَهَرُونُ وَنَادَابُ وَأَبِيهُو وَسَبْعُونَ مِنْ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، 10وَرَأَوْا إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَتَحْتَ قَدَمَيْهِ أَرْضِيَّةٌ كَأَنَّهَا مَصْنُوعَةٌ مِنَ الْيَاقُوتِ الأَزْرَقِ الشَّفَّافِ تُمَاثِلُ السَّمَاءَ فِي النَّقَاءِ، 11وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَمُدَّ يَدَهُ لِيُهْلِكَ أَشْرَافَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَرَأَوْا اللهَ وَأَكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا.

12وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «اصْعَدْ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ وَامْكُثْ هُنَاكَ لأُعْطِيَكَ الْوَصَايَا وَالشَّرَائِعَ الَّتِي كَتَبْتُهَا عَلَى لَوْحَيِ الْحَجَرِ لِتُلَقِّنَهَا لَهُمْ». 13فَقَامَ مُوسَى وَأَخَذَ خَادِمَهُ يَشُوعَ وَصَعِدَ إِلَى جَبَلِ اللهِ. 14وَقَالَ لِلشُّيُوخِ: «انْتَظِرُونَا هُنَا حَتَّى نَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكُمْ. وَهُوَذَا هَرُونُ وَحُورُ مَعَكُمْ، فَإِنْ كَانَ لأَحَدٍ دَعْوَى فَلْيَرْفَعْهَا إِلَيْهِمَا». 15وَعِنْدَمَا صَعِدَ مُوسَى إِلَى الجَبَلِ، تَغَطَّى الجَبَلُ بِالسَّحَابِ، 16وَحَلَّ مَجْدُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ، وَغَطَّاهُ السَّحَابُ سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ. وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ دَعَا الرَّبُّ مُوسَى مِنْ وَسَطِ السَّحَابِ. 17وَبَدَا مَجْدُ الرَّبِّ لِعُيُونِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَنَارٍ آكِلَةٍ عَلَى قِمَّةِ الجَبَلِ. 18وَاخْتَفَى مُوسَى فِي وَسَطِ السَّحَابِ وَصَعِدَ إِلَى الجَبَلِ حَيْثُ مَكَثَ هُنَاكَ أَرْبَعِينَ نَهَاراً وَأَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً.

New International Reader’s Version

Exodus 24:1-18

The Blood of the Covenant

1The Lord said to Moses, “You and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and 70 of the elders of Israel must come to worship the Lord. Do not come close when you worship. 2Only Moses can come close to me. The others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”

3Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws. They answered with one voice. They said, “We will do everything the Lord has told us to do.” 4Then Moses wrote down everything the Lord had said.

Moses got up early the next morning. He built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He set up 12 stone pillars. They stood for the 12 tribes of Israel. 5Then he sent young Israelite men to sacrifice burnt offerings. They also sacrificed young bulls as friendship offerings to the Lord. 6Moses put half of the blood in bowls. He splashed the other half against the altar. 7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They answered, “We will do everything the Lord has told us to do. We will obey him.”

8Then Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people. He said, “This is the blood that puts the covenant into effect. The Lord has made this covenant with you in keeping with all these words.”

9Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the 70 elders of Israel went up. 10They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a street made out of lapis lazuli. It was as bright blue as the sky itself. 11But God didn’t destroy those Israelite leaders when they saw him. They ate and drank.

12The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain. Stay here. I will give you the stone tablets. They contain the law and commandments I have written to teach the people.”

13Then Moses and Joshua, his helper, started out. Moses went up on the mountain of God. 14He said to the elders, “Wait for us here until we come back to you. Aaron and Hur are with you. Anyone who has a problem can go to them.”

15Moses went up on the mountain. Then the cloud covered it. 16The glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. The cloud covered the mountain for six days. On the seventh day the Lord called out to Moses from inside the cloud. 17The people of Israel saw the glory of the Lord. It looked like a fire burning on top of the mountain. 18Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. He stayed on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights.