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Exodus — Chapter 24

The Covenant Ratified — Blood and the Vision of God

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Read Exodus Chapter 24 in Biblical Hebrew alongside the King James Version (KJV) — 18 verses. The Covenant Ratified — Blood and the Vision of God. Original Hebrew text with vowel points (nikud) and full English translation.

וְאֶל מֹשֶׁה אָמַר

KJVAnd he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

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."

וְנִגַּשׁ מֹשֶׁה לְבַדּוֹ אֶל יְהוָה

KJVAnd Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.

Moses alone shall come near to the LORD, but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.

וַיָּבֹא מֹשֶׁה וַיְסַפֵּר לָעָם

KJVAnd Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.

Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the rules. And all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words that the LORD has spoken we will do."

וַיִּכְתֹּב מֹשֶׁה אֵת כָּל דִּבְרֵי יְהוָה

KJVAnd Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

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.

וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶת נַעֲרֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל

KJVAnd he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.

And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD.

וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה חֲצִי הַדָּם

KJVAnd Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar.

וַיִּקַּח סֵפֶר הַבְּרִית

KJVAnd he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.

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."

וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת הַדָּם

KJVAnd Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.

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."

וַיַּעַל מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן

KJVThen went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel.

Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up,

וַיִּרְאוּ אֵת אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל

KJVAnd they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

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.

וְאֶל אֲצִילֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל

KJVAnd upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.

And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank.

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל מֹשֶׁה

KJVAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

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."

וַיָּקָם מֹשֶׁה וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ מְשָׁרְתוֹ

KJVAnd Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.

So Moses rose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God.

וְאֶל הַזְּקֵנִים אָמַר

KJVAnd he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.

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."

וַיַּעַל מֹשֶׁה אֶל הָהָר

KJVAnd Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.

Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

וַיִּשְׁכֹּן כְּבוֹד יְהוָה עַל הַר סִינַי

KJVAnd the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

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.

וּמַרְאֵה כְּבוֹד יְהוָה

KJVAnd the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

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.

וַיָּבֹא מֹשֶׁה בְּתוֹךְ הֶעָנָן

KJVAnd Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.