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Then he sent young men, and they burned sacrifices to the Lord and sacrificed some cattle as fellowship offerings.
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Moses took half of the blood of the animals and put it in bowls; and the other half he threw against the altar.
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Then he took the book of the covenant, in which the Lord's commands were written, and read it aloud to the people. They said, "We will obey the Lord and do everything that he has commanded."
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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 Lord made with you when he gave all these commands."
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Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the leaders of Israel went up the mountain
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and they saw the God of Israel. Beneath his feet was what looked like a pavement of sapphire, as blue as the sky.
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God did not harm these leading men of Israel; they saw God, and then they ate and drank together.
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The Lord 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."
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Moses and his helper Joshua got ready, and Moses began to go up the holy mountain.
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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."
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Moses went up Mount Sinai, and a cloud covered it.