The Covenant Affirmed
Exodus 24, verse 1. Now 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. Exodus 24, verse 2. Moses alone shall come near to God, but they shall not come near; nor shall the people go up with them.” Exodus 24, verse 3. So Moses came and told the people all the words of God and all the ordinances, and all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words the Lord spoke we will do.” Exodus 24, verse 4. Then Moses wrote all the words of the Lord; and he rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve stones according to the twelve tribes of Israel. Exodus 24, verse 5. Then he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered whole burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of calves to God. Exodus 24, verse 6. Moses took half the blood and put it in basins, and half the blood he poured on the altar. Exodus 24, verse 7. Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people; and they said, “All the Lord said, we will do, and be obedient.” Exodus 24, verse 8. Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant the Lord made with you according to all these words.”
Moses with God on Mount Sinai
Exodus 24, verse 9. After this, Moses went up, along with Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and the seventy of the elders of Israel; Exodus 24, verse 10. and they saw the place where the God of Israel stood. Under His feet was, as it were, a paved work of sapphire stone and the appearance of heaven's firmament in its purity. Exodus 24, verse 11. And of Israel's chosen men not one was missing. So they saw the place of God, and ate and drank. Exodus 24, verse 12. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone and the law and commandments I wrote, that you may teach them.” Exodus 24, verse 13. So Moses arose with his assistant Joshua, and they went up to the mountain of God. Exodus 24, verse 14. But he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we come back to you. Indeed, Aaron and Hur are with you. If any man has a difficulty, let him go to them.” Exodus 24, verse 15. Then Moses and Joshua went up the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. Exodus 24, verse 16. Now the glory of God descended on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. Then on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. Exodus 24, verse 17. The sight of the Lord's glory was like a burning fire on the top of the mountain before the children of Israel. Exodus 24, verse 18. So Moses went into the midst of the cloud and went up the mountain; and he was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.