{"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/web/exodus/24","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:39:24.420Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Exodus","bookSlug":"exodus","chapter":24,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":23,"nextChapter":25,"totalChapters":40,"totalVerses":18},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"He said to Moses, |Come up to Yahweh, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship from a distance."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Moses alone shall come near to Yahweh, but they shall not come near, neither shall the people go up with him.|"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, |All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do.|"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"He sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle to Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, |All that Yahweh has spoken will we do, and be obedient.|"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, |Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with you concerning all these words.|"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire stone, like the skies for clearness."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He didn't lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel. They saw God, and ate and drank."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Yahweh said to Moses, |Come up to me on the mountain, and stay here, and I will give you the tables of stone with the law and the commands that I have written, that you may teach them.|"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God's Mountain."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"He said to the elders, |Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them.|"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights."}],"citation":{"inline":"Exodus 24 (WEB)","markdown":"[Exodus 24](https://primebible.com/web/exodus/24)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/exodus/24 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}