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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Exodus 24 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/24.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/24-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Exodus 24</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/23.htm" title="Exodus 23">◄</a> Exodus 24 <a href="../exodus/25.htm" title="Exodus 25">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Covenant Is Sealed</h3><p class="par"><span class="v1_24_1"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.24.1" class="v1_24_1">1</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses, “Come up the mountain to me, you and Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the leaders of Israel; and while you are still some distance away, bow down in worship. </span><span class="v1_24_2"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.24.2" class="v1_24_2">2</span>You alone, and none of the others, are to come near me. The people are not even to come up the mountain.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_24_3"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.24.3" class="v1_24_3">3</span>Moses went and told the people all the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s commands and all the ordinances, and all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> has said.” </span><span class="v1_24_4"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.24.4" class="v1_24_4">4</span>Moses wrote down all the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s commands. Early the next morning he built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stones, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel. </span><span class="v1_24_5"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.24.5" class="v1_24_5">5</span>Then he sent young men, and they burned sacrifices to the <span class="nd">Lord</span> and sacrificed some cattle as fellowship offerings. </span><span class="v1_24_6"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.24.6" class="v1_24_6">6</span>Moses took half of the blood of the animals and put it in bowls; and the other half he threw against the altar. </span><span class="v1_24_7"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.24.7" class="v1_24_7">7</span>Then he took the book of the Covenant, in which the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s commands were written, and read it aloud to the people. They said, “We will obey the <span class="nd">Lord</span> and do everything that he has commanded.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_24_8"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.24.8" class="v1_24_8">8</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.24.8!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Then Moses took the blood in the bowls and threw it on the people. He said, “This is the blood that seals the covenant which the <span class="nd">Lord</span> made with you when he gave all these commands.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_24_9"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.24.9" class="v1_24_9">9</span>Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the leaders of Israel went up the mountain </span><span class="v1_24_10"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.24.10" class="v1_24_10">10</span>and they saw the God of Israel. Beneath his feet was what looked like a pavement of sapphire, as blue as the sky. </span><span class="v1_24_11"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.24.11" class="v1_24_11">11</span>God did not harm these leading men of Israel; they saw God, and then they ate and drank together.</span></p><h3 class="s">Moses on Mount Sinai</h3><p class="par"><span class="v1_24_12"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.24.12" class="v1_24_12">12</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses, “Come up the mountain to me, and while you are here, I will give you two stone tablets which contain all the laws that I have written for the instruction of the people.” </span><span class="v1_24_13"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.24.13" class="v1_24_13">13</span>Moses and his helper Joshua got ready, and Moses began<a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.24.13!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> to go up the holy mountain. </span><span class="v1_24_14"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.24.14" class="v1_24_14">14</span>Moses said to the leaders, “Wait here in the camp for us until we come back. Aaron and Hur are here with you; and so whoever has a dispute to settle can go to them.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_24_15"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.24.15" class="v1_24_15">15</span>Moses went up Mount Sinai, and a cloud covered it. </span><span class="v1_24_16"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.24.16-Exod.24.17" class="v1_24_16">16-17</span>The dazzling light of the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s presence came down on the mountain. To the Israelites the light looked like a fire burning on top of the mountain. The cloud covered the mountain for six days, and on the seventh day the <span class="nd">Lord</span> called to Moses from the cloud. </span><span class="v1_24_18"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.24.18" class="v1_24_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.24.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Moses went on up the mountain into the cloud. There he stayed for forty days and nights.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.13: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Moses began; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">one ancient translation </char><char style="fq" closed="false">they began.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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