{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/exodus/24","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T17:40:01.429Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Exodus","bookSlug":"exodus","chapter":24,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":23,"nextChapter":25,"totalChapters":40,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And he said to Moses: Come up to the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of Israel, and you shall adore afar off. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And Moses alone shall come up to the Lord, but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people come up with him. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"So Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice: We will do all the words of the Lord, which he hath spoken. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord: and rising in the morning he built an altar at the foot of the mount, and twelve titles according to the twelve tribes of Israel. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And he sent young men of the children of Israel, and they offered holocausts, and sacrificed pacific victims of calves to the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Then Moses took half of the blood, and put it into bowls: and the rest he poured upon the altar. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And taking the book of the covenant, he read it in the hearing of the people: and they said: All things that the Lord hath spoken we will do, we will be obedient. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And he took the blood and sprinkled it upon the people, and he said: This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of Israel went up: "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And they saw the God of Israel: and under his feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as the heaven, when clear. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Neither did he lay his hand upon those of the children of Israel, that retired afar off, and they saw God, and they did eat and drink. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And the Lord said to Moses: Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and the law, and the commandments which I have written: that thou mayst teach them. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Moses rose up, and his minister Josue: and Moses going up into the mount of God, "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Said to the ancients: Wait ye here till we return to you. You have Aaron and Hur with you: if any question shall arise, you shall refer it to them. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And when Moses was gone up, a cloud covered the mount. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And the glory of the Lord dwelt upon Sinai, covering it with a cloud six days: and the seventh day he called him out of the midst of the cloud. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like a burning fire upon the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Israel. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And Moses, entering into the midst of the cloud, went up into the mountain: and he was there forty days, and forty nights. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Exodus 24 (DRB)","markdown":"[Exodus 24](https://primebible.com/drb/exodus/24)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/exodus/24 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}