Then Moses came and reported to the people all the words of the Lord and all the [a]ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice and said, “(A)All the words which the Lord has spoken we will do!” And (B)Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. Then he got up early in the morning, and built an (C)altar [b]at the foot of the mountain with twelve memorial stones for the twelve tribes of Israel. And he sent young men of the sons of Israel, (D)and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as peace offerings to the Lord. (E)Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. Then he took (F)the Book of the Covenant and read it [c]as the people listened; and they said, “(G)All that the Lord has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient!”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 24:3 Or judgments
  2. Exodus 24:4 Lit beneath
  3. Exodus 24:7 Lit in the ears of the people;

When Moses went and told the people all the Lord’s words and laws,(A) they responded with one voice, “Everything the Lord has said we will do.”(B) Moses then wrote(C) down everything the Lord had said.

He got up early the next morning and built an altar(D) at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars(E) representing the twelve tribes of Israel. Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings(F) and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings(G) to the Lord. Moses(H) took half of the blood(I) and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed(J) against the altar. Then he took the Book of the Covenant(K) and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey.”(L)

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