People Affirm Their Covenant with God

24 Then He said to Moses, “^(A)Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, ^(B)Nadab and Abihu and ^(C)seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall worship at a distance. ² Moses alone, however, shall come near to the Lord, but they shall not come near, nor shall the people come up with him.”

³ Then Moses came and recounted to the people all the words of the Lord and all the ^[a]ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice and said, “^(D)All the words which the Lord has spoken we will do!” ^4 (E)Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. Then he arose early in the morning, and built an ^(F)altar ^[b]at the foot of the mountain with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. ⁵ He sent young men of the sons of Israel, ^(G)and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the Lord. ^6 (H)Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. ⁷ Then he took ^(I)the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, “^(J)All that the Lord has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient!” ⁸ So ^(K)Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Behold ^(L)the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has ^[c]made with you ^[d]in accordance with all these words.”

⁹ Then Moses went up ^[e]with Aaron, ^(M)Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, ¹⁰ and ^(N)they saw the God of Israel; and under His feet ^[f](O)there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, ^[g]as clear as the sky itself. ¹¹ Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the nobles of the sons of Israel; and ^(P)they saw God, and they ate and drank.

¹² Now the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and ^[h]remain there, and ^(Q)I will give you the stone tablets ^[i]with the law and the commandment which I have written for their instruction.” ¹³ So Moses arose ^[j]with ^(R)Joshua his ^[k]servant, and Moses went up to ^(S)the mountain of God. ¹⁴ But to the elders he said, “^(T)Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, ^(U)Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever ^[l]has a legal matter, let him approach them.” ¹⁵ Then Moses went up to the mountain, and ^(V)the cloud covered the mountain. ^16 (W)The glory of the Lord ^[m]rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day He ^(X)called to Moses from the midst of the cloud. ^17 (Y)And to the eyes of the sons of Israel the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a ^(Z)consuming fire on the mountain top. ¹⁸ Moses entered the midst of the cloud ^[n]as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain ^(AA)forty days and forty nights.

Supplication for Deliverance and Grateful Trust in God.

For the choir director; according to ^[a]Jonath elem rehokim. A ^[b]Mikhtam of David, ^[c]when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

¹⁷ So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb ^(A)four days. ¹⁸ Now ^(B)Bethany was near Jerusalem, about ^[a]two miles off; ¹⁹ and many of ^(C)the Jews had come to ^(D)Martha and Mary, ^(E)to console them concerning their brother. ^20 (F)Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but ^(G)Mary ^[b]stayed at the house. ²¹ Martha then said to Jesus, “^(H)Lord, ^(I)if You had been here, my brother would not have died. ²² Even now I know that ^(J)whatever You ask of God, God will give You.” ²³ Jesus *said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” ²⁴ Martha *said to Him, “^(K)I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” ²⁵ Jesus said to her, “^(L)I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, ²⁶ and everyone who lives and believes in Me ^(M)will never die. Do you believe this?” ²⁷ She *said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are ^[c](N)the Christ, the Son of God, even ^[d](O)He who comes into the world.”

²⁸ When she had said this, she ^(P)went away and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, “^(Q)The Teacher is here and is calling for you.” ²⁹ And when she heard it, she *got up quickly and was coming to Him.

³⁰ Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but ^(R)was still in the place where Martha met Him. ^31 (S)Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and ^(T)consoling her, when they saw that Mary got up quickly and went out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.