Exodus 24 | English Standard Version

English Standard Version

The Covenant Confirmed

1 Then he said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar. (Ex 6:23; Ex 28:1; Nu 11:16) 2 Moses alone shall come near to the Lord, but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.” (Ex 24:13; Ex 24:15; Ex 24:18) 3 Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and all the rules.^[1] And all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words that the Lord has spoken we will do.” (Ex 19:8; Ex 21:1; De 5:27) 4 And Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. (Ge 28:18; Ge 31:45; Ex 23:24; De 31:9)

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5 And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the Lord. 6 And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar. (Heb 9:18) 7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the Lord has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.” (Ex 24:3) 8 And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.” (Heb 9:19; Heb 13:20; 1Pe 1:2) 9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, (Ex 24:1; Nu 11:16) 10 and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. (Ge 32:30; Ex 33:20; Ex 33:23; Jud 13:22; Isa 6:1; Isa 6:5; Eze 1:26; Eze 10:1; Joh 1:18; 1Ti 6:16; 1Jo 4:12; 1Jo 4:20)

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11 And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank. (Ge 31:54; Ex 18:12) 12 The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.” (Ex 24:2; Ex 24:15; Ex 24:18; Ex 31:18; Ex 32:15; De 5:22)

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13 So Moses rose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God. (Ex 3:1; Ex 17:9; Ex 33:11) 14 And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever has a dispute, let him go to them.” (Ex 17:10; Ex 17:12; Ex 31:2) 15 Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. (Ex 19:9; Ex 19:16; Mt 17:5) 16 The glory of the Lord dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. (Ex 16:10; Le 9:23; Nu 14:10; Nu 16:42)

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17 Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. (Ex 3:2; Ex 19:18; De 4:36; Heb 12:18; Heb 12:29)

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18 Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. (Ex 34:28; De 9:9; De 9:18; De 9:25; De 10:10)

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الكتاب المقدس

تأكيد العهد

1 ثُمَّ قَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «اصْعَدْ إِلَيَّ أَنْتَ وَهَرُونُ وَنَادَابُ وَأَبِيهُو، وَسَبْعُونَ مِنْ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلْيَسْجُدْ هَؤُلاءِ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ. 2 لَا يَقْتَرِبْ إِلَيَّ أَحَدٌ سِوَاكَ، أَمَّا الآخَرُونَ فَيَبْقُونَ بَعِيداً. وَحَذَارِ أَنْ يَصْعَدَ الشَّعْبُ مَعَكَ». 3 فَجَاءَ مُوسَى وَبَلَّغَ الشَّعْبَ بِكُلِّ كَلامِ الرَّبِّ وَأَحْكَامِهِ، فَأَجَابَ الشَّعْبُ بِصَوْتٍ وَاحِدٍ: «كُلُّ مَا أَمَرَنَا بِهِ الرَّبُّ نَفْعَلُ». 4 فَكَتَبَ مُوسَى جَمِيعَ أَقْوَالِ الرَّبِّ، ثُمَّ بَكَّرَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ وَشَيَّدَ مَذْبَحاً عَلَى سَفْحِ الجَبَلِ، وَنَصَبَ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ عَمُوداً عَلَى عَدَدِ أَسْبَاطِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ. 5 وَأَرْسَلَ بَعْضَ شُبَّانِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَقَدَّمُوا مُحْرَقَاتٍ وَقَرَّبُوا ذَبَائِحَ سَلامَةٍ لِلرَّبِّ مِنَ الْعُجُولِ، 6 وَأَخَذَ مُوسَى نِصْفَ الدَّمِ وَاحْتَفَظَ بِهِ فِي طُسُوسٍ وَرَشَّ النِّصْفَ الْبَاقِي عَلَى الْمَذْبَحِ. 7 وَتَنَاوَلَ كِتَابَ الْعَهْدِ وَتَلاهُ عَلَى مَسَامِعِ الشَّعْبِ، فَقَالُوا: «كُلُّ مَا أَمَرَ بِهِ الرَّبُّ نَفْعَلُهُ وَنُطِيعُهُ». 8 ثُمَّ أَخَذَ مُوسَى الدَّمَ الَّذِي فِي الطُّسُوسِ وَرَشَّهُ عَلَى الشَّعْبِ قَائِلاً: «هُوَذَا دَمُ الْعَهْدِ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ الرَّبُّ مَعَكُمْ بِنَاءً عَلَى جَمِيعِ هَذِهِ الأَقْوَالِ». 9 ثُمَّ صَعِدَ مُوسَى وَهَرُونُ وَنَادَابُ وَأَبِيهُو وَسَبْعُونَ مِنْ شُيُوخِ إِسْرَائِيلَ، 10 وَرَأَوْا إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَتَحْتَ قَدَمَيْهِ أَرْضِيَّةٌ كَأَنَّهَا مَصْنُوعَةٌ مِنَ الْيَاقُوتِ الأَزْرَقِ الشَّفَّافِ تُمَاثِلُ السَّمَاءَ فِي النَّقَاءِ، 11 وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَمُدَّ يَدَهُ لِيُهْلِكَ أَشْرَافَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَرَأَوْا اللهَ وَأَكَلُوا وَشَرِبُوا. 12 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «اصْعَدْ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ وَامْكُثْ هُنَاكَ لأُعْطِيَكَ الْوَصَايَا وَالشَّرَائِعَ الَّتِي كَتَبْتُهَا عَلَى لَوْحَيِ الْحَجَرِ لِتُلَقِّنَهَا لَهُمْ». 13 فَقَامَ مُوسَى وَأَخَذَ خَادِمَهُ يَشُوعَ وَصَعِدَ إِلَى جَبَلِ اللهِ. 14 وَقَالَ لِلشُّيُوخِ: «انْتَظِرُونَا هُنَا حَتَّى نَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكُمْ. وَهُوَذَا هَرُونُ وَحُورُ مَعَكُمْ، فَإِنْ كَانَ لأَحَدٍ دَعْوَى فَلْيَرْفَعْهَا إِلَيْهِمَا». 15 وَعِنْدَمَا صَعِدَ مُوسَى إِلَى الجَبَلِ، تَغَطَّى الجَبَلُ بِالسَّحَابِ، 16 وَحَلَّ مَجْدُ الرَّبِّ عَلَى جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ، وَغَطَّاهُ السَّحَابُ سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ. وَفِي الْيَوْمِ السَّابِعِ دَعَا الرَّبُّ مُوسَى مِنْ وَسَطِ السَّحَابِ. 17 وَبَدَا مَجْدُ الرَّبِّ لِعُيُونِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَنَارٍ آكِلَةٍ عَلَى قِمَّةِ الجَبَلِ. 18 وَاخْتَفَى مُوسَى فِي وَسَطِ السَّحَابِ وَصَعِدَ إِلَى الجَبَلِ حَيْثُ مَكَثَ هُنَاكَ أَرْبَعِينَ نَهَاراً وَأَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً.