Then he took the Book of the Covenant(A) and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey.”(B)

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

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

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(K) with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

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