⁴ Moses then wrote^(A) down everything the Lord had said.

He got up early the next morning and built an altar^(B) at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars^(C) representing the twelve tribes of Israel. ⁵ Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings^(D) and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings^(E) to the Lord. ⁶ Moses^(F) took half of the blood^(G) and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed^(H) against the altar. ⁷ Then he took the Book of the Covenant^(I) and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey.”^(J)

⁸ Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people^(K) and said, “This is the blood of the covenant^(L) that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

⁹ Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders^(M) of Israel went up ¹⁰ and saw^(N) the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli,^(O) as bright blue as the sky.^{(P) 11} But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw^(Q) God, and they ate and drank.^(R)

¹² He had a dream^(A) in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.^{(B) 13} There above it^[a] stood the Lord,^(C) and he said: “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac.^(D) I will give you and your descendants the land^(E) on which you are lying.^{(F) 14} Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you^(G) will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south.^(H) All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.^{[b](I) 15} I am with you^(J) and will watch over you^(K) wherever you go,^(L) and I will bring you back to this land.^(M) I will not leave you^(N) until I have done what I have promised you.^(O)”^(P)

¹⁶ When Jacob awoke from his sleep,^(Q) he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” ¹⁷ He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place!^(R) This is none other than the house of God;^(S) this is the gate of heaven.”

¹⁸ Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head^(T) and set it up as a pillar^(U) and poured oil on top of it.^{(V) 19} He called that place Bethel,^[c](W) though the city used to be called Luz.^(X)

²⁰ Then Jacob made a vow,^(Y) saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me^(Z) on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear^{(AA) 21} so that I return safely^(AB) to my father’s household,^(AC) then the Lord^[d] will be my God^{(AD) 22} and^[e] this stone that I have set up as a pillar^(AE) will be God’s house,^(AF) and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.^(AG)”