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People
Affirm Their Covenant with God |
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| Exodus 24:1 |
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Then He said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD,
you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall
worship at a distance. |
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| Exodus 24:2 |
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"Moses alone, however, shall come near to the
LORD, but they shall not come near, nor shall the people come up with him." |
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| Exodus 24:3 |
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Then Moses came and recounted to the people
all the words of the LORD and all the ordinances; and all the people answered
with one voice and said, "All the words which the LORD has spoken we will do!" |
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| Exodus 24:4 |
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Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD.
Then he arose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain
with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. |
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| Exodus 24:5 |
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He sent young men of the sons of Israel, and
they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to
the LORD. |
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| Exodus 24:6 |
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Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins,
and the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. |
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| Exodus 24:7 |
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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!" |
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| Exodus 24:8 |
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So Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on
the people, and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made
with you in accordance with all these words." |
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| Exodus 24:9 |
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Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu,
and seventy of the elders of Israel, |
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| Exodus 24:10 |
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and they saw the God of Israel; and under His
feet there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself. |
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| Exodus 24:11 |
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Yet He did not stretch out His hand against
the nobles of the sons of Israel; and they saw God, and they ate and drank. |
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| Exodus 24:12 |
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Now the LORD said to Moses, "Come up to Me on
the mountain and remain there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the
law and the commandment which I have written for their instruction." |
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| Exodus 24:13 |
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So Moses arose with Joshua his servant, and
Moses went up to the mountain of God. |
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| Exodus 24:14 |
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But to the elders he said, "Wait here for us
until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a
legal matter, let him approach them." |
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| Exodus 24:15 |
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Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the
cloud covered the mountain. |
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| Exodus 24:16 |
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The glory of the LORD rested on Mount Sinai,
and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day He called to Moses
from the midst of the cloud. |
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| Exodus 24:17 |
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And to the eyes of the sons of Israel the appearance
of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountain top. |
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| Exodus 24:18 |
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Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went
up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. |
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