1 耶和华对摩西说： "你要上到耶和华这里来。你自己、亚伦、拿答、亚比户和以色列长老中的七十人都要上来， 你们要远远下拜。 2 只有摩西一人可以走近耶和华， 他们却不可以亲近； 人民也不可和摩西一同上来。" 3 摩西下来， 把耶和华的一切话和一切典章都向人民讲述； 人民都同声回答， 说： "耶和华吩咐的一切话， 我们都必遵行。" 4 摩西把耶和华的一切话都记下了； 清早起来， 在山下筑了一座祭坛， 按着以色列十二支派立了十二根柱子。 5 又派了以色列人中的青年人去献燔祭， 又向耶和华杀牛献为平安祭。 6 摩西取了一半的血， 盛在盆中； 又取了另一半的血， 洒在祭坛上。 7 他又把约书拿过来， 念给人民听； 他们说： "耶和华吩咐的一切话， 我们都必遵行和听从。" 8 摩西就取了血来， 洒在人民的身上， 说： "看哪， 这是立约的血， 这约是耶和华按着这一切话与你们立的。" 9 随后， 摩西、亚伦、拿答、亚比户和以色列长老中的七十人都上了山。 10 他们看见了以色列的 神； 在 神的脚下有好像蓝宝石一样晶莹的铺路， 好像天色一般明亮。 11 他不伸手攻击以色列人中的显贵； 他们看见 神， 并且又吃又喝。 12 耶和华对摩西说： "你要上山到我这里来， 要住在这里； 我要把石版， 就是我所写的律法和诫命赐给你， 使你可以教导人民。" 13 于是， 摩西和他的侍从约书亚起来； 摩西就上到 神的山那里去了。 14 但摩西对长老说： "你们要在这里等候我们， 直到我们再回到你们那里来。看哪！ 这里有亚伦和户珥与你们在一起， 谁有诉讼的案件， 都可以到他们那里去。" 15 摩西上到山上， 有云彩把山遮盖着。 16 耶和华的荣耀停在西奈山上， 云彩把山遮盖了六天； 第七天， 耶和华从云彩中呼唤摩西。 17 耶和华荣耀的景象， 在以色列人眼前， 好像在山顶上出现烈火。 18 摩西进入云彩中， 上到山上去； 摩西在山上四十昼夜。

1 And unto Moses He said, `Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and ye have bowed yourselves afar off;`2 and Moses hath drawn nigh by himself unto Jehovah; and they draw not nigh, and the people go not up with him.3 And Moses cometh in, and recounteth to the people all the words of Jehovah, and all the judgments, and all the people answer -- one voice, and say, `All the words which Jehovah hath spoken we do.`4 And Moses writeth all the words of Jehovah, and riseth early in the morning, and buildeth an altar under the hill, and twelve standing pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel;5 and he sendeth the youths of the sons of Israel, and they cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings to Jehovah -- calves.6 And Moses taketh half of the blood, and putteth in basins, and half of the blood hath he sprinkled on the altar;7 and he taketh the Book of the Covenant, and proclaimeth in the ears of the people, and they say, `All that which Jehovah hath spoken we do, and obey.`8 And Moses taketh the blood, and sprinkleth on the people, and saith, `Lo, the blood of the covenant which Jehovah hath made with you, concerning all these things.`9 And Moses goeth up, Aaron also, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,10 and they see the God of Israel, and under His feet [is] as the white work of the sapphire, and as the substance of the heavens for purity;11 and unto those of the sons of Israel who are near He hath not put forth His hand, and they see God, and eat and drink.12 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Come up unto Me to the mount, and be there, and I give to thee the tables of stone, and the law, and the command, which I have written to direct them.`13 And Moses riseth -- Joshua his minister also -- and Moses goeth up unto the mount of God;14 and unto the elders he hath said, `Abide ye for us in this [place], until that we turn back unto you, and lo, Aaron and Hur [are] with you -- he who hath matters doth come nigh unto them.`15 And Moses goeth up unto the mount, and the cloud covereth the mount;16 and the honour of Jehovah doth tabernacle on mount Sinai, and the cloud covereth it six days, and He calleth unto Moses on the seventh day from the midst of the cloud.17 And the appearance of the honour of Jehovah [is] as a consuming fire on the top of the mount, before the eyes of the sons of Israel;18 and Moses goeth into the midst of the cloud, and goeth up unto the mount, and Moses is on the mount forty days and forty nights.