出埃及記 24
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
在西奈山立約
24 耶和華又指示摩西說:「你和亞倫、拿答、亞比戶及以色列的七十位長老上我這裡來,遠遠地敬拜我。 2 只有你可以靠近我,其他人,包括全體百姓,都不得走近。」
3 摩西下山把耶和華的話和法令都告訴百姓,百姓齊聲回答:「我們願意遵行耶和華的一切吩咐。」 4 摩西把耶和華的這些話記錄下來。第二天清晨,摩西在山腳築了一座壇,立了十二根柱子代表以色列的十二支派。 5 他又吩咐以色列的青年去給耶和華獻燔祭,又獻上公牛作平安祭。 6 摩西把祭牲的血一半放在盆裡,一半灑在壇上。 7 他又把約書念給百姓聽,百姓聽了都說:「我們願意遵行耶和華的一切吩咐,我們願意順服。」 8 摩西便把盆中的血灑在百姓身上,說:「這是立約的血,是耶和華按所說的話與你們立約的憑據。」
9 之後,摩西、亞倫、拿答、亞比戶及七十位長老便上了山。 10 他們都看見了以色列的上帝,祂的腳下好像是一片藍寶石,像天一樣明淨。 11 上帝沒有伸手殺這些以色列的首領,允許他們看見祂,在祂面前吃喝。
12 耶和華對摩西說:「你上山到我這裡來,留在這裡,我要把寫著律法和誡命的石版賜給你,你可以用來教導百姓。」 13 於是,摩西帶著他的助手約書亞動身上了上帝的山。 14 離開之前,摩西吩咐長老說:「你們在這裡等候我們回來。亞倫和戶珥跟你們在一起,百姓當中有什麼訴訟的事情,可以交給他們處理。」
15 摩西上了山,密雲遮蓋著整座山。 16 耶和華的榮耀停留在西奈山上,密雲遮蓋了山六天。第七天,耶和華在雲中召喚摩西。 17 在以色列人眼中,耶和華的榮耀在山上好像烈火。 18 摩西上到山上,走進雲中,在那裡停留了四十晝夜。
Exodus 24
New Living Translation
Israel Accepts the Lord’s Covenant
24 Then the Lord instructed Moses: “Come up here to me, and bring along Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders. All of you must worship from a distance. 2 Only Moses is allowed to come near to the Lord. The others must not come near, and none of the other people are allowed to climb up the mountain with him.”
3 Then Moses went down to the people and repeated all the instructions and regulations the Lord had given him. All the people answered with one voice, “We will do everything the Lord has commanded.”
4 Then Moses carefully wrote down all the Lord’s instructions. Early the next morning Moses got up and built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He also set up twelve pillars, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 Then he sent some of the young Israelite men to present burnt offerings and to sacrifice bulls as peace offerings to the Lord. 6 Moses drained half the blood from these animals into basins. The other half he splattered against the altar.
7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people. Again they all responded, “We will do everything the Lord has commanded. We will obey.”
8 Then Moses took the blood from the basins and splattered it over the people, declaring, “Look, this blood confirms the covenant the Lord has made with you in giving you these instructions.”
9 Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel climbed up the mountain. 10 There they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there seemed to be a surface of brilliant blue lapis lazuli, as clear as the sky itself. 11 And though these nobles of Israel gazed upon God, he did not destroy them. In fact, they ate a covenant meal, eating and drinking in his presence!
12 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain. Stay there, and I will give you the tablets of stone on which I have inscribed the instructions and commands so you can teach the people.” 13 So Moses and his assistant Joshua set out, and Moses climbed up the mountain of God.
14 Moses told the elders, “Stay here and wait for us until we come back. Aaron and Hur are here with you. If anyone has a dispute while I am gone, consult with them.”
15 Then Moses climbed up the mountain, and the cloud covered it. 16 And the glory of the Lord settled down on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from inside the cloud. 17 To the Israelites at the foot of the mountain, the glory of the Lord appeared at the summit like a consuming fire. 18 Then Moses disappeared into the cloud as he climbed higher up the mountain. He remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
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