1 And He said to Moses, “Come up to YHWH, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and 70 from the elderly of Israel, and you will bow yourselves far off.” 2 And Moses had drawn near to YHWH by himself. And they did not draw near, and the people did not go up with him. 3 And Moses came in, and recounted to the people all the words of YHWH, and all the judgments, and all the people answered with one voice, and said, “All the words which YHWH has spoken we do.” 4 And Moses wrote all the words of YHWH, and rose early in the morning, and built an altar under the hill, and twelve standing pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent the youths of the sons of Israel, and they caused burnt-offerings to ascend, and sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offerings to YHWH—calves. 6 And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and he sprinkled half of the blood on the altar. 7 And he took the Scroll of the Covenant, and proclaimed it in the ears of the people, and they said, “All that which YHWH has spoken we do, and we obey.” 8 And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Look, the blood of the covenant which YHWH has made with you, concerning all these things.” 9 And Moses goes up, Aaron also, Nadab and Abihu, and 70 from the elderly of Israel, 10 and they saw the God of Israel, and under His feet was as the work of a pavement of sapphire, and as the substance of the heavens for purity. 11 And He did not put out His hand to those of the sons of Israel who were near, and they saw God, and ate and drank. 12 And YHWH said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and be there, and I will give to you the tablets of stone, and the Law, and the command, which I have written to direct them.” 13 And Moses rose—his minister Joshua also—and Moses goes up to the mountain of God. 14 And he said to the elderly, “Abide for us in this place until we return to you, and look, Aaron and Hur are with you—he who has matters comes near to them.” 15 And Moses goes up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. 16 And the glory of YHWH stayed on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days, and He called to Moses on the seventh day from the middle of the cloud. 17 And the appearance of the glory of YHWH was as a consuming fire on the top of the mountain, before the eyes of the sons of Israel. 18 And Moses goes into the middle of the cloud, and goes up to the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights.