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立约的仪式

24 耶和华对摩西说:“你要上到耶和华这里来。你自己、亚伦、拿答、亚比户和以色列长老中的七十人都要上来,你们要远远下拜。 只有摩西一人可以走近耶和华,他们却不可以亲近;人民也不可和摩西一同上来。” 摩西下来,把耶和华的一切话和一切典章都向人民讲述;人民都同声回答,说:“耶和华吩咐的一切话,我们都必遵行。” 摩西把耶和华的一切话都记下了;清早起来,在山下筑了一座祭坛,按着以色列十二支派立了十二根柱子。 又派了以色列人中的青年人去献燔祭,又向耶和华杀牛献为平安祭。 摩西取了一半的血,盛在盆中;又取了另一半的血,洒在祭坛上。 他又把约书拿过来,念给人民听;他们说:“耶和华吩咐的一切话,我们都必遵行和听从。” 摩西就取了血来,洒在人民的身上,说:“看哪,这是立约的血,这约是耶和华按着这一切话与你们立的。”

随后,摩西、亚伦、拿答、亚比户和以色列长老中的七十人都上了山。 10 他们看见了以色列的 神;在 神的脚下有好象蓝宝石一样晶莹的铺路,好象天色一般明亮。 11 他不伸手攻击以色列人中的显贵;他们看见 神,并且又吃又喝。

摩西在西奈山上

12 耶和华对摩西说:“你要上山到我这里来,要住在这里;我要把石版,就是我所写的律法和诫命赐给你,使你可以教导人民。” 13 于是,摩西和他的侍从约书亚起来;摩西就上到 神的山那里去了。 14 但摩西对长老说:“你们要在这里等候我们,直到我们再回到你们那里来。看哪!这里有亚伦和户珥与你们在一起,谁有诉讼的案件,都可以到他们那里去。” 15 摩西上到山上,有云彩把山遮盖着。 16 耶和华的荣耀停在西奈山上,云彩把山遮盖了六天;第七天,耶和华从云彩中呼唤摩西。 17 耶和华荣耀的景象,在以色列人眼前,好象在山顶上出现烈火。 18 摩西进入云彩中,上到山上去;摩西在山上四十昼夜。

The Covenant Confirmed

24 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron,(A) Nadab and Abihu,(B) and seventy of the elders(C) of Israel. You are to worship at a distance, but Moses alone is to approach(D) the Lord; the others must not come near. And the people may not come up with him.”

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

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

Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people(Q) and said, “This is the blood of the covenant(R) that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders(S) of Israel went up 10 and saw(T) the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli,(U) as bright blue as the sky.(V) 11 But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw(W) God, and they ate and drank.(X)

12 The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone(Y) with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

13 Then Moses set out with Joshua(Z) his aide, and Moses went up on the mountain(AA) of God. 14 He said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we come back to you. Aaron and Hur(AB) are with you, and anyone involved in a dispute(AC) can go to them.”

15 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud(AD) covered it, 16 and the glory(AE) of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai.(AF) For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud.(AG) 17 To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire(AH) on top of the mountain. 18 Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty(AI) days and forty nights.(AJ)

24 3 The people promise to obey God. 4 Moses writeth the civil Laws. 9, 13 Moses returneth into the mountain. 14 Aaron and Hur have the charge of the people.  18 Moses was forty days and forty nights in the mountain.

Now he had [a]said unto Moses, Come up to the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the Elders of Israel, and ye shall worship afar off.

And Moses himself alone shall come near to the Lord, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him.

[b]Afterward Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the [c]Laws: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, (A)All the things which the Lord hath said, will we do.

And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord and rose up early, and set up an (B)altar [d]under the mountain, and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

And he sent young [e]men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings of beeves, and sacrificed peace offerings unto the Lord.

Then Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

After, he took the [f]book of the covenant, and read it in the audience of the people: who said, All that the Lord hath said, we will do, and be obedient.

Then Moses took the (C)blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the [g]blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these things.

¶ Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the Elders of Israel.

10 And they [h]saw the God of Israel, and under his feet was as it were a [i]work of a Sapphire stone, and as the very heaven when it is clear.

11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he [j]laid not his hand: also they saw God, and [k]did eat and drink.

12 ¶ And the Lord [l]said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mountain, and be there, and I will give thee [m]tables of stone, and the Law, and the Commandment, which I have written, for to teach [n]them.

13 Then Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God,

14 And said unto the Elders, Tarry us here until we come again unto you: and behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: whosoever hath any matters, let him come to them.

15 Then Moses went up to the mount, and the cloud covered the mountain,

16 And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered [o]it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

17 And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like [p]consuming fire on the top of the mountain, in the eyes of the children of Israel.

18 And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up to the mountain and Moses was in the (D)mount forty days and forty nights.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 24:1 When he called him up to the mountain to give him the Laws, beginning at Exod. 20, hitherto.
  2. Exodus 24:3 When he had received these laws in mount Sinai.
  3. Exodus 24:3 Hebrew, judgments.
  4. Exodus 24:4 Or, at the foot of the mountain.
  5. Exodus 24:5 For as yet the Priesthood was not given to Levi.
  6. Exodus 24:7 Or, the book of the Law.
  7. Exodus 24:8 Which blood signifieth that the covenant broken cannot be satisfied without blood shedding.
  8. Exodus 24:10 As perfectly as their infirmities could behold his majesty.
  9. Exodus 24:10 Hebrew, brick work.
  10. Exodus 24:11 He made them not afraid, nor punished them.
  11. Exodus 24:11 That is, rejoiced.
  12. Exodus 24:12 The second time.
  13. Exodus 24:12 Signifying the hardness of our hearts, except God do write his laws therein by his Spirit, Jer. 31:33; Ezek. 11:19; 2 Cor. 3:3; Heb. 8:10 and 10:16.
  14. Exodus 24:12 To wit, the people.
  15. Exodus 24:16 Or, him.
  16. Exodus 24:17 The Lord appeareth like devouring fire to carnal men: but to them that he draweth with his Spirit, he is like pleasant Sapphire.